Atletico Madrid vs. Leicester: Team News, Live Stream, TV Info for UCL Match

Despite a hugely disappointing defence of the Premier League title, Leicester City remain in the UEFA Champions League and travel to Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The Foxes have replaced championship-winning coach Claudio Ranieri with interim boss Craig Shakespeare until the end of the season, and the change in management has seen the English champions dramatically improve their recent results.

The experience and stability of Atleti at this stage of the tournament will make them favourites to progress, but Leicester are happy to play the role of giant-killer after eliminating Sevilla in the previous round.

Here is how you can watch the first leg of this encounter:

Date: Wednesday, April 12

Time: 7:45 p.m BST/2:45 p.m.

TV: BT Sport 2 (UK only), Fox (U.S. only)

Stream: BT Sport App, Fox Soccer 2Go, fuboTV

Team News

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Atletico hitman Antoine Griezmann has paid tribute to the Foxes, and has proclaimed his side cannot take the English team for granted when they visit the Vicente Calderon Stadium, according to Graeme Bryce of The Sun. he France international said Leicester remind him of his own side, and he is not contented they drew the industrious champions of England:

The France international said Leicester remind him of his own side, and he is not contented they drew the industrious champions of England:

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People say we got the quarter-final draw everyone wanted – I disagree. We never wanted any team more than another. We never thought this tie would be easy.

We know how strong Leicester are. They are a bit like us in the way they play. They have a similar spirit to us and they are going to be difficult opponents, for sure.

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The visitors suffered a huge blow after Shakespeare confirmed captain Wes Morgan will be missing from his line-up for the first leg.

According to Chris Bascombe of the Telegraph, the Foxes manager revealed his skipper is injured after rotating his options in the 4-2 defeat at Everton:

"He [Morgan] won’t be ready for Wednesday," said Shakespeare. "Once he got injured there was no timeframe but it gives others a chance. It gives opportunities to other people. People have come in and done well. It didn’t seem there were any other problems."

Morgan was the cornerstone of the team's incredible success last term, but it is questionable whether the centre-back would have the pace to deal with Griezmann.

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The French striker has scored four goals in eight Champions League appearances this season, according to WhoScored.com, and grabbed his team's recent late equaliser away to Real Madrid in La Liga.

Morgan joins Nampalys Mendy on the sidelines, per WhoScored.com, but Atletico have several squad members also unavailable. Tiago, Augusto Fernandez, Miguel Ángel Moya and Sime Vrsaljko will all miss the first leg, with Kevin Gameiro and Nicolas Gaitan rated as doubtful.

Atleti's form has been unpredictable in Spain this season, but they have remained a consistent entity in European competition.

Leicester are in uncharted territory in the knockout phase and must concentrate on restricting their opponents' goal threat on their own turf, forcing the tie to be decided at the King Power Stadium in the return leg.