Notts County will continue their pre-season schedule with a trip to Leicester City's state-of-the-art training centre this afternoon.
The friendly against the Premier League side will kick off at 13:00 and will be played behind-closed-doors, though County supporters can watch the game live via a stream provided by Leicester City on their official YouTube page.
Notts have already started their pre-season preparations with an impressive victory over Basford United. Luke Williams' side won 5-1 away at at Greenwich Avenue thanks to goals from Ruben Rodrigues, Macaulay Langstaff, Cedwyn Scott and Kyle Cameron.
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Williams handed 45 minutes to all available players on the night and the coming friendly against Leicester will be a test on another level. Brendan Rodgers' side are yet to start their pre-season schedule, and will face County as one of their six games before their top-flight campaign begins against Brentford at the King Power Stadium.
While Williams' men won't get the pleasure to walk out to a Premier League stadium today, they will get an opportunity to face off against some of the best players in the world, with the likes of Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, James Justin and Harvey Barnes all training at the LCFC Training Centre yesterday.
Dangerous duo James Maddison and Jamie Vardy have also been in training this week for the Foxes. They were pictured alongside the likes of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Marc Albirghton, Hamza Choudhury, Ricardo Pereira and more Leicester stars as Rodgers' squad reported back fro pre-season at Seagrave this week.
Williams will opt to make a host of alterations for the visit to Leicester this weekend, as several trialists look to make an impression too. Defensive midfielder James Morton impressed against Basford, while trialist goalkeeper Jackson Smith played in the second half of the convincing 5-1 victory.
Midfielder Morton is currently a Bristol City player and is on trial with Notts as manager Williams knows him well from the time he spent at the club's Under-23 set-up. Morton played under the 41-year-old extensively during his time in the West Country.
Morton spent the majority of the 2021/22 campaign on the sidelines, returning towards the end of the season to make some appearances for the Under-23s as they reached the Professional Development League 2 final. The midfielder has been with City since he was 14 years old and previously enjoyed loan spells at Forest Green Rovers, Grimsby Town and Gillingham.
He still has 12 months to run on his contract at Ashton Gate, but will be looking to impress Williams as County travel to Leicestershire. Following the visit to the East Midlands, County face Alfreton Town away from home on Tuesday, 12 July for a 19:45 kick off. Trips to Cambridge United and Boston will then follow, before a home game against Nottingham Forest will precede a final friendly against York City on Saturday, July 30.
