If you combine their end-of-the-season form last term, with their high-flying start to this campaign, then Leicester City are one of the best teams in England right now. There's a sentence which has probably never been said before. Ever. But it's true. They have won nine of their last 13 Premier League outings, drawing three and losing just once - to champions Chelsea in April. On this form they'd give The Avengers a run for their money - if we're talking Avengers in the Uma Thurman sense and not the Hulk sense. Still, Claudio Ranieri has them playing fantastic and today Aston Villa are the ones trying to bring them back down to earth. Can they do it? Stick with us and we'll see.

Like a cannibal eating John Goodman, there's quite a bit to chew on this afternoon but let's have a quick look at some team news, shall we? Okay.

LEICESTER XI: Schmeichel, De Laet, Huth, Morgan (c), Schlupp, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Inler, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy

ASTON VILLA XI: Guzan; Bacuna, Richards, Lescott, Amavi; Weswood, Sanchez, Gil, Grealish; Agbonlahor, Sinclair

LEICESTER SUBS: King, Kanté, Simpson, Kramarić, Ulloa, Dyer, Schwarzer

ASTON VILLA SUBS: Bunn, Hutton, Clark, Veretout, Ayew, Gestede, Richardson

We'll start with the Foxes and they make two changes. New boy Gokhan Inler comes into midfield, while Shinji Okazaki partners Jamie Vardy up top. Andy King and N'Golo Kante drop out. Inler's a fine acquisition and he'll hope to have the same impact as Esteban Cambiasso did last term.

There appears to be four changes for Villa, with new boy Joleon Lescott among them. Bacuna drops back to right-back to displace Alan Hutton, while Idrissa Gana also drops out of midfield for Gabriel Agbonlahor. Tim Sherwood talked him up during the week so he'll want to repay him with goals.

And Jack Grealish is back! Was he drink-driving around the streets of Birmingham in a tank and held in a cell these past few weeks? Did Roy Keane kidnap him until he officially committed to the Republic of Ireland? While both scenarios are plausible, he actually just had an ankle injury.

Shall we have a look at both teams' form? Why not.

Think Nigel Pearson's summer sacking would have derailed Leicester? Think again. Under Ranieri, the Foxes swept aside Sunderland with a cool 4-2 win on the opening day, before beating West Ham United, fresh from their win at Arsenal, at Upton Park a week later. They then dug deep to draw 1-1 with Spurs, before earning the same scoreline away to Bournemouth. In both games, they hit late equalisers to preserve their unbeaten start. Not bad, eh?

As for Villa, well, we can't lie - they haven't started quite so strongly. Well, they did initially, with Rudy Gestede heading home a late winner at Bournemouth on the opening day, but they're yet to win again. After that, Sherwood's men suffered successive defeats home to Manchester United and away to Crystal Palace, before drawing 2-2 with Sunderland at Villa Park in a game they really should have won.

Can the Villans bounce back today? It's a big ask, but why not? This is the type of game that Leicester will be expected to win but, so often, it doesn't quite work like that, does it? Nope. Anywho, we're about 30 minutes from kickoff so let's whet the appetite further with a few stats.

DID YOU KNOW? Ominously for Leicester, they've only won one of their last nine top-flight home games with Villa. One. They also lost two of the three meetings last season, one of which came in the FA Cup, and the omens don't exactly shine on the Foxes this afternoon.

That being said, they haven't faced Villa since their resurgence, which started under Pearson in March. As a result, you wonder how important history really is. They're a completely different team, with a completely different mentality, and they may just improve on their dismal home record against the Villans this afternoon.

That being said, is Ranieri lining up the excuses already?

CR: "We've only had 2 days to prepare with everyone together. Not easy against a good team like @AVFCOfficial, but we are ready." #LeiAst — Leicester City (@LCFC) September 13, 2015

PREDICTION! Right, we've made a case for both sides, so let's use what we know and get a prediction wrong. I fancy a 2-1 away win this afternoon. I think Leicester have had their honeymoon period under Ranieri, and we reckon things will go a little pear-shaped today.

Let's see what Twitter is saying by way of predictions, shall we?

Mr Peacemaker is pulling no punches here.

I want Aston Villa to beat Leicester city.. — MoshoodPeacemaker (@Moshoodpm) September 13, 2015

Sam Pennells goes above and beyond your cliched scoreline and even gives us the scorers! If this materialises then we may very well have a modern-day Nostradamus on our hands.

My prediction for today 3-1 Villa. 2 for @Scotty_Sinclair and 1 for @JordanAmavi #avfc 💜

— Sam Pennells (@SamPennells) September 13, 2015

In contrast, Tyler Lusher hasn't even offered a score prediction, instead getting a nursery rhyme completely wrong.

Bold Prediction: Gabby looks good today, runs the channels for Jack & Gil, and bags a goal. #AVFC

— Tyler Lusher (@TylerLusher) September 13, 2015

Speaking for yourself Scanlan. I'm quite looking forward to it.

Who actually wants to watch Leicester City vs Aston Villa? — Scanlan (@bradleyscanlan_) September 13, 2015

Right, no more messing around. It's getting serious now and we're seven minutes from kickoff. Here's Shinji Okazaki preparing. He scored at Upton Park in gameweek two so don't be surprised to see him net again.
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Right, here come the lads. Morgan and Richards lead their respective teams out and we're minutes away!

KICKOFF: And we're underway at the King Power, folks. Villa, in their usual claret shirt, get us off. Let's go.

Lescott pulls out a no-nonsense challenge less than 60 seconds into his Villa career as he clears out Okazaki. There's a marker!

SHOT! Good atmosphere early on as Leicester fans look to be the 12th man for their side. It's working so far. The hosts have started well and Danny Drinkwater fires just over the bar from range.

Wes Morgan concedes a corner to prevent Agbonlahor from reaching Grealish's ball. It's better from Villa but Westwood's corner comes to nothing.

CHANCE! Very, very nearly the breakthrough by Villa as Sinclair looks certain to tap home Agbonlahor's unselfish and excellent pass across the face of goal, but the ex-Swansea man prods into the side netting.

CHANCE! Wes Morgan might've done better here, as he heads Albrighton's free kick over Guzan's bar. He shrugs off Amavi like he isn't there but he just couldn't keep his header under the crossbar.

Grealish has looked a little rusty. He does well to thwart De Laet, but his final ball is dodgy. Very dodgy. And it goes out for a goal kick. It's his first game back after injury.

SHOT! Mahrez, who has four goals in four games, lets fly from the edge of the area but it's straight at Guzan, who makes the save.

Albrighton clears for a corner after Amavi's cross flew over the heads of everybody, but Gil's corner isn't much better and Leicester clear the danger.

Lovely little clipped through ball by Grealish releases Sinclair down the left, but his cross-come shot is palmed away by Schmeichel and it's all Villa now. It's a good game so far.

Villa are playing some good ball, with Grealish and Amavi dovetailing really well down the left-hand side. At the other end, Okazaki's first touch lets him down from De Laet's cut back and it's a really high-tempo game so far. Just what we need on a Sunday afternoon.

CHANCE! Best chance of the game. Schlupp's clearance is closed down by Gil, who gallops in field before playing in the unmarked Grealish, but his first-time finish is sluggish and straight at Schmeichel.

Gil has gone injured after being caught by Schlupp just before he played in Grealish, but he looks okay now.

If it stays like this until half time then Ranieri will certainly be the happier of both managers. Villa have been comfortably the better side thus far but they're struggling in front of goal. Still, it's promising.

Agbonlahor has gone a little quiet too. He was involved plenty in the first, say, 15 minutes, but we've not seen a whole lot of him since. Villa still on top though.

The tempo has died down now a little as both sides struggle for fluency. Inler has been very disappointing for the hosts so far. Big reputation but he's not justifying it so far.

Eight minutes from the break now then and, honestly, there's just not a lot happening now. It's gone so very quiet. Bjork would love this match. So would librarians.

Superb opener by Grealish just three days after his 20th birthday - and what a present this is. Leicester fail to adequately clear from a corner and the young midfielder looks certain to smash it from the edge of the area, but instead he curls around a sea of blue shirts and Schmeichel can get nowhere near it! What a goal and it's just what this game needed.

He also ran over to Tim Sherwood and jumped on him like a dog who hadn't seen its owner in a year. It was a nice moment from the pair.

CLOSE! Not far away from an equaliser as Marc Albrighton's cross is meant for Okazaki, but it goes straight through and narrowly misses the goal.

So, a good half turned boring, and then it exploded into life again when youngster Jack Grealish curled Villa ahead from outside the area. It was his first goal and what a way to mark it. It also came just days after his 20th birthday. Villa deserved it being fair. They bossed that first half for large spells and finally got their reward.

Here's the nice moment the youngster lept up into Tim Sherwood's arms after the goal.
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RESTART! Welcome back. Can Leicester get back into it or will Aston Villa hold on and even extend their lead? You can't back against the latter. They bossed the first half. Anywho, we shall see.

CLOSE! What a fine goal this would've been. Schlupp makes a mug of Bacuna before pulling back for Vardy, whose instinctive flick goes just wide of Brad Guzan's net. Good start by Leicester this.

Brilliant defending by Richards. De Laet catches Grealish in possession before threading Vardy through, but Richards recovers excellently to snuff out the chance. He's been superb this evening.

SHOT! Mahrez is coming into the game a lot more now and he dances his way through a number of challenges before pulling his left-footed drive just wide, with Lescott helping it on its way. It was an excellent run.

It's all Leicester, but Carlos Sanche just drives over the bar now and it'll be a nervy last 35 minutes for the visitors. They're second best in this half.

Nathan Dyer is on the field. He's so small that I didn't notice, and Okazaki isn't here any longer so I'm just going to put two and two together and say I missed a half-time sub.

Mahrez has certainly made a difference but he's yet to make a difference in the scoreline, despite his best efforts.

CHANCE!Why oh why did Mahrez not hit this first time? Schlupp's excellent cross is nodded into the path of the Algerian, and it looks an ideal height for a half volley.

We've already seen a cracker through Grealish, and this is no worse. In fact, it's probably better. Superb. Agbonlahor cuts it back for the Spaniard on the edge of the box, and he curls past Schmeichel is a truly superb first-time finish. Take a bow Mr Gil and Grealish.

SUBS: Ulloa and Kante replace Inler and Albrighton. For Villa, Ayew replaces goalscorer Gil moments after his goal.

Villa fans in fine voice as you may expect and it's a big ask for them to get back into this one. They're back at 4-4-2 following Ulloa's introduction but they've probably given themselves too much to do.

PENALTY APPEAL! Vardy looks hugely unlucky to see a penalty go against him after being fouled by Bacuna. I reckon it was a penalty.

Game on at the King Power. Richie De Laet gets the run on Agbonlahor and Bacuna to flick a corner goal bound. Westwood seems to have cleared off the line, but Mike Dean gives the goal after replays showed it was over the line. Nervy last 17 minutes for the visitors.

SUB: Here's Gestede who comes on for Agbonlahor. He didn't really justify his selection today it has to be said.

BOOKING: Nathan Dyer earns a yellow card on his debut for his reaction to a foul. I can't tell you what Leicester fans are singing about the referee, but it rhymes with anchor.

Free kick chance for the hosts now. Watch this space....

SHOT! It's straight from the training ground but Drinkwater ultimately drives into the wall. Ten to play.

BOOKING: Villa are getting a little desperate now and Amavi goes into the book for scything down De Laet.

Drama and Vardy gets Leicester back on level terms! It's excellent from Mahrez as he makes a mug of Sanchez before playing in Drinkwater on the left, and his low drive across the face of goal is tipped home by Vardy. Huge.

Four minutes to play and best believe Sherwood would take a point now. It's all Leicester since drawing level.

Dyer, on his debut, is the Leicester hero this afternoon - but he doesn't know anything about it because he's unconscious. He gets his head to Mahrez's lofted ball and it bounces into the net, but not before being clattered by Guzan. He's okay now.

It's been revealed that there's SIX minutes added on.

The King Power is truly a jamboree at the moment. The place is hopping - and rightly so. Villa are finished. They've been stumped. It's all Leicester.

And that's it! Leicester scored three times in the final 18 minutes to stun Aston Villa this afternoon! Nathan Dyer was one of many heroes in blue as he headed home the winner, after Vardy and De Laet had squared up.

Two brilliant goals by Grealish and Gil had given Villa a 2-0 lead but it wasn't enough. Heartbreak for Villa and co. Leicester's honeymoon period under Ranieri shows no sign of abating.

Well, that's us! Cheers for joining our commentary and we'll see you next time. Same bat time etc.