
Birmingham City have impressed on their return to the EFL Championship and if they can emerge with a win on the road at Leicester City then fans will start dreaming of back-to-back promotions.
The club's ambitious American owners want to be playing Premier League football and their summer spending has been rewarded in the first few weeks of the new campaign, with the Blues banking seven points from three games.
The only setback so far came in midweek as Chris Davies' side bowed out of the EFL Cup with a shock home loss to Port Vale, although that tournament would have been pretty low on their list of priorities for this season.
Davies rested most of his big hitters for that cup tie but will be back to full strength for this clash with a Leicester City side who are looking to bounce back to the top flight after relegation.
New manager Marti Cifuentes has made a decent enough start, with two wins and one defeat in the Championship, and it would be a statement of intent if they took down Birmingham.
The Foxes fell at the first hurdle in the EFL Cup, losing to Huddersfield as two bets landed for me, but that gave them a free midweek so they will be fresh for this massive Championship clash.
How the bookies view it: Foxes by a nose
There's not much between these teams but BoyleSports make Leicester slight favourites at 6/4 with home advantage. Birmingham City are 19/10 shots and the draw pays 9/4.
Recent head to head: Game's a bogey for Blues
Leicester City have been a bogey team for Birmingham of late, going nine games unbeaten in this fixture. They last met two seasons ago and the Foxes won all three meetings in league and cup, with two of those victories coming at the King Power.
Players to watch: Fatawu a bright spark
Abdul Fatawu's return from injury has been a big boost for Leicester and the winger grabbed the winner in their last game against Charlton. He's 18/5 at Betfred for another goal here but an assist may be more likely and that pays 9/2 at Bet365.
Kyogo Furuhashi has looked lively for Birmingham but the summer signing is still waiting for his first league goal. The speedy Japanese international could get some joy against a Leicester defence that lacks pace and is 14/5 at Unibet for anytime scorer.
Probable line-ups
Leicester have a few players sidelined, with Harry Souttar, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Victor Kristiansen set to miss out again.
Birmingham still have Scott Wright missing but Davies should revert to his strongest line-up after making changes in midweek.
Leicester City: Stolarczyk, Okoli, Pereira, Vestergaard, Thomas, Fatawu, Skipp, Soumare, Monga, Ayew, Daka.
Birmingham City: Allsop, Laird, Klarer, Neumann, Osayi-Samuel, Paik Seung-Ho, Gray, Willumsson, Iwata, Furuhashi, Stansfield.
Anything else catch the eye?
This has the makings of a tight game, with every match involving these teams so far this season seeing either a one-goal winning margin or a draw.
That makes the half-time stalemate a good option at 21/20 with BoyleSports while a one-goal winning margin for either side pays 6/5 at McBookie.
Birmingham defender Bright Osayi-Samuel has been booked in two of his four appearances this season so backing him for a card could pay off at 7/2 with Bet365.