Leicester City welcomes back two players to their squad to take on Stoke on Saturday (3pm kick-off) in James Justin and Abdul Fatawu.
City head to the bet365 Stadium looking to extend their lead at the top of the Championship, which currently stands at 10 points after their win over Swansea in midweek. Justin missed that game with a fever but has been training ahead of the trip to the Potteries and will be looking to give Callum Doyle his place back.
Meanwhile, Fatawu is available again after serving a three-match suspension for a direct red card at Coventry. City remained unbeaten in his absence, with Kasey McAteer and Marc Albrighton deputising for him.
“He is a very important player,” Maresca said of Fatawu at a press conference. “He’s the type of wing player we like in a one-on-one sense, he creates danger, you feel something is going to happen. I’m very happy that he will be back for tomorrow’s game.
“He’s very young and has a lot of things to improve. He’s been out for three games now and it depends on tomorrow’s game whether we give him a chance from the start or whether he’s on the bench. He has done very well in the time he has been out.”
The return of both players means that City will be missing only three more players for the match. Wilfred Ndidi is injured until the beginning of April, while Harry Souttar and Kelechi Iheanacho are absent and represent Australia and Nigeria respectively.
Souttar should return home soon as the Socceroos were knocked out of the Asian Cup on Friday, losing 2-1 to South Korea in the quarter-finals. Australia led 1-0 until the 96th minute when Wolves striker Hwang Hee-chan equalised to send the match into extra time. Spurs captain Son Heung-min scored the winning goal to break Australia’s heart.