Brendan Rodgers insists Leicester City will not take Newport County AFC lightly in the Carabao Cup after a scare in the second round at Stockport County.
In August, the Foxes defeated the League Two Hatters on penalties, with Daniel Iversen saving three spot-kicks.
They play County on Tuesday with the goal of reaching the last 16, and manager Rodgers will resist the temptation to rotate his players.
“We want to get through, so I’m not going to make too many changes,” he said. “We have a game on Tuesday, and a lot of the players need to be fresh.”
“I changed the team about when we went to Stockport and we nearly went out. I don’t want to do that. I want to go through it. I’ve shown that every time I’ve been here in the cup competitions.
“We’ll make some changes, naturally, but there won’t be too many.”
Iversen could replace the in-form Danny Ward, who has five clean sheets in his last seven games, while Wilfred Ndidi may make the first start since a hamstring injury and Luke Thomas is available.
Jonny Evans missed Saturday’s 2-0 win at Everton with his ongoing calf problem and Ricardo Pereira (Achilles) and Ryan Bertrand (knee) are out.
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