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Cheltenham Town vs Leicester City: 5 Things To Look Out For

As Leicester City prepare to face Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup Third Round on Saturday lunchtime, there’s a strong feeling of trepidation around this potential banana skin of a fixture. Rob Hayes highlights five things to think about ahead of the game.

08.01.26, 17:59 Updated 08.01.26, 19:08 5 Minute Read

Rob Hayes

Rob Hayes

As Leicester City prepare to face Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup Third Round on Saturday lunchtime, there’s a strong feeling of trepidation around this potential banana skin of a fixture.

Watching City toil through a tough Championship campaign so far has hardly been thrilling for the fans, and now we’ve got the difficult task of taking on a League Two side away from home.

There’s a very small part of me that wonders if it might have been more enjoyable to have a weekend off rather than having to worry about playing a team placed 54 places below us in the Football League.

Here are five things to think about ahead of the game.  

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