Leicester City vs Brentford live: Score and latest updates from the Premier League

The players walk through the tunnel and onto the pitch. The home fans have flags which they are waving excitedly.

I'm very excited to see Aaron [Hickey] today. I think he's had a good pre-season and he adds that extra quality with the ball at the back and he's also a good defender.

Ben [Mee] obviously has loads of experience and defensive solidness. 

I just spoke to him earlier and of course he is excited - a new season and a new club.

Leicester:Ward, Fofana, Evans, Amartey, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndidi, Tielemans, Justin, Maddison, Vardy.

Subs: Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Daka, Mendy, Praet, Iversen, Thomas.

Brentford: Raya, Hickey, Jansson, Mee, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Toney, Wissa. 

Subs: Dasilva, Strakosha, Onyeka, Dervisoglu, Lewis-Potter, Baptiste, Sorensen, Roerslev, Stevens.

Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

My concentration is purely on the players we have. I think every coach in the league will tell you that they want to improve and we're no different, but if we can't then my concentration falls on the players that are here.

The ones that are here are absolutely brilliant so we arrive into today in a good place. The players are very focused and our spirit is very strong.

• This is the first time that Leicester City will begin a league campaign against Brentford, with the Foxes unbeaten in their last six meetings against the Bees (W5 D1) since a 3-2 defeat at home in March 1953 in the second tier.
• Brentford lost both Premier League fixtures against Leicester City last season, both by a 2-1 scoreline. The Bees had previously never lost a top-flight game against the Foxes coming into the 2021-22 campaign (W2 D2).
• Leicester have won their opening Premier League match in their last two seasons, beating West Brom in 2020-21 and Wolves in 2021-22. They had only won their first league match in two of their first 14 Premier League seasons before this (D6 L6).
• Brentford have won their opening top-flight league match in four of their six seasons at this level (D1 L1), scoring two goals in every victory, including last season’s 2-0 win over Arsenal.

Wesley Fofana starts for Leicester despite the transfer speculation surrounding him. Danny Ward starts in goal while Jamie Vardy leads the line.

New Brentford signings Ben Mee and Aaron Hickey are both in the starting XI. Ivan Toney will be supported by Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa in attack.

Hello and welcome to coverage from the King Power as Leicester City host Brentford.

It has been a turbulent summer for Leicester with no new signings, losing captain and fan favourite Kasper Schmeichel and transfer speculation surrounding Wesley Fofana and James Maddison. Jonny Evans has been named as Schmeichel's replacement as captain and manager Brendan Rodgers says the defender is the "natural successor".

"Jonny represents the collective standards and values of these players and what they stand for," he said. "He's a player of huge experience.

"He has huge respect in the changing room for what he's achieved and how he behaves on a day-to-day basis. He's the natural guy to step forward now Kasper has left."

Former Manchester United centre-half Evans has made more than 100 league appearances for the Foxes since arriving from West Brom for £3.5million in 2018. With Schmeichel's exit, Danny Ward is set to start in goal and Rodgers confirmed Ward and Daniel Iversen will now challenge for the number one jersey.

Meanwhile, Thomas Frank says he does not believe Brentford will be struck down by second-season syndrome. Brentford's tally of 46 points last season was one more than the other two promoted teams - Watford (23) and Norwich (22) - combined as they finished a respectable 13th in their first Premier League campaign.

But in recent seasons, Huddersfield and Sheffield United have been relegated back to the Championship following impressive opening terms in the top flight. Leeds only avoided the drop on the final day of last season having finished ninth on their top-flight comeback. 

Speaking ahead of today's match, Frank said: "In general, I don't believe too much in second-season syndrome. "It's a narrative that's been built. Our opponents on Sunday won the Premier League in their second season, so maybe that's the one we should go for.

"Huddersfield's underlying stats show that they were very lucky to stay in the league [in their first season], so I wasn't surprised that they struggled the next year.

"We were not lucky to stay in the league last year, so there is a foundation we can build on. That can change with injuries and lack of form, but hopefully the things we do every day ensure that we're in a constant fine place."