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Leicester City are back in knockout action on Tuesday night.

Brendan Rodgers' men face Championship outfit Luton Town on Tuesday night in the Carabao Cup third round.

City beat Newcastle on penalties in the last round, while the Hatters saw off Ipswich Town and then Cardiff City to book their place in the Third Round.

Though, the two sides meet on the back of very different league results.

City head to Kenilworth Road having returned to winning ways with a 2-1 comeback win over Tottenham, while Luton were hammered 3-0 at home by Hull.

The first competitive meeting between the clubs since 2007 is one City will be confident of winning, but could that mean changes to the starting XI for Rodgers?

Below we take a look at the players with the best chance of getting a run-out at Kenilworth Road...

Danny Ward

Ward is yet to feature for City in any competition this season.

He was the cup goalkeeper last season, but he was surprisingly left out of the trip to Newcastle in the last round.

That casts doubt over whether he will play here, too, but if he doesn't, he will surely feel hugely frustrated.

Ward is too good a goalkeeper to be completely starved of minutes.

James Justin

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Rodgers doesn't allow for too much sentiment, but circumstances may allow for James Justin to play against his former club.

Justin came through the Luton academy and achieved two promotions with the club before his move to City in the summer.

It would be quite the evening for the youngster should he feature against former club and on his old stomping ground.

City should have enough without Ricardo and Justin needs minutes, but is Rodgers hell-bent on going full strength?

Either way, it would be disappointing to see Justin miss out completely on a chance to play against his former teammates.

Wes Morgan

The veteran defender started against Newcastle and had to come off with a back injury.

He is back fit now and will very likely feature here to give Jonny Evans a rest.

Evans has started all of City's games so far and there's no need to force him through another 90 minutes here.

Christian Fuchs

Another of the veterans who could return is Christian Fuchs.

Ben Chilwell has been a busy man of late, featuring for England during the internationals.

That could tempt Rodgers into making a switch at left-back to give Fuchs some minutes after deputising for Chilwell during the youngster's brief injury worries earlier on in the season.

Demarai Gray

Gray has returned to the fold in recent weeks.

After being left out of the first two matchday squads and then kept on the sidelines, he made his first outing with a substitute appearance against Bournemouth in the 3-1 win.

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Gray then made a surprise start against Manchester United and came off the bench in the win over Tottenham Hotspur.

The winger is back in Rodgers' plans and he could well start here in a bid to continue rebuilding his confidence and match sharpness.

Marc Albrighton

Albrighton enjoyed a very good pre-season but struggled in his first competitive appearances of the campaign.

That's seen him benched regularly in recent weeks.

However, he is still very much part of Rodgers' plans and the City boss will want to give him this opportunity to get some much-needed match minutes under his belt.

Papy Mendy

Mendy looks as though he isn't going to see much football this season with Wilfred Ndidi and Hamza Choudhury both ahead of him.

The Frenchman made a brief appearance off the bench in the win over Sheffield United, but that was his only of the season.

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He is unlikely to start here, but Rodgers could rest Ndidi and Mendy could see some minutes off the bench should City go with one holding midfielder, Hamza Choudhury.

Dennis Praet

The summer signing hasn't seen a lot of game time.

That's because James Maddison and Youri Tielemans are preferred options.

He did come off the bench on the weekend, though, slotting into the middle two as part of a midfield diamond in the win over Spurs.

Rodgers will be keen to give Praet some game time here and there's an outside chance he starts.

Kelechi Iheanacho

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The Nigerian striker hasn't seen a single minute of competitive football this season, not for club or country.

He has been regularly left out of matchday squads, most recently on the weekend, and that's despite enjoying another decent pre-season.

Iheanacho is going to have to get some football at some point, and it feels as though this might be a good opportunity to throw him in against a Luton side City will be confident of beating.

Jamie Vardy doesn't necessarily need rest now that he has retired from international football, but it wouldn't do the veteran striker any harm to sit this one out.