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Brendan Rodgers is hopeful that Ben Chilwell will be fit to face Aston Villa after the left-back missed Leicester City's 2-0 win over Watford.

Rodgers was forced to make a change to his starting line-up for the first time in seven matches after Chilwell was ruled out against the Hornets with a "slight problem" in his hip area.

As he did twice in August, Christian Fuchs deputised for Chilwell, the Austrian performing well in City's defence, which kept their seventh clean sheet of the season.

But Chilwell could be back for City's next match, at Aston Villa on Sunday.

Hopefully he’ll be ok for the weekend," Rodgers said after his side's sevenths successive Premier League victory. "He had a slight problem at the top of his leg, his hip area.

"We’ll see how he goes over the next couple of days, but hopefully he’ll be ok.”