Steve Cooper would not rule out starting Odsonne Edouard alongside Jamie Vardy in a strike partnership with Leicester City needing improvements in attack. Edouard very briefly played alongside Vardy in the final moments of City’s 4-2 defeat to Arsenal on Saturday, but was not afforded enough time to have an impact on the game. For his debut the previous weekend, the Crystal Palace loanee came on for Vardy, while he then made his first start in last week’s Carabao Cup tie at Walsall, struggling to make himself a threat.
City's struggles in attack have been a hidden problem. They have scored in all six of their Premier League games so far and there are only seven clubs who have netted more often. However, that's been due to the quality of their finishing, rather than their creativity.
It seems they're not fashioning opportunities at a sustainable enough rate to keep up their scoring streak. They’ve had the fewest efforts on goal in the division, while their shots have come in from the furthest average distance too, with getting into the box another issue. Vardy has only had three shots all season, and only one since the opening weekend.
That’s fewer than seven team-mates, including defenders James Justin and Wout Faes. Cooper’s system looks to only have room for one striker for now, but he did play with a pair up front at times during his spell in charge of Nottingham Forest. It’s not out of the question he tries that tactic again, although he needs Edouard to shake.
