The Lowdown: Sunday's Premier League Opponents, Arsenal
Ahead of an intriguing clash in the capital, LCFC.com takes a closer look at the Gunners' first team squad, manager, recent form and much more...
The squad
The Gunners possess one of the most talented squads in English football, added to by several exciting summer signings over previous months.
Pablo Marí and Cédric Soares completed permanent moves, from Flamengo and Southampton respectively, before the free transfer of Brazilian midfielder Willian was confirmed from Chelsea.
A reported £23M was also spent on taking Gabriel from Lille in September, while arguably the best business of the summer involved tying striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang down to a new contract.
Dani Ceballos, meanwhile, will spend another year at Emirates Stadium after his loan agreement with Real Madrid was extended, while defender Konstantinos Mavropanos was the most notable departure.
Later in the window, on the other hand, the Gunners also completed the signing of defensive midfielder Thomas Partey from Atlético Madrid for a reported £45M fee.
Aubameyang - by far Arsenal's highest goalscorer last term - was only one goal away from sharing the 2019/20 Premier League Golden Boot with Foxes striker Jamie Vardy.
Netting 22 goals in the Premier League, his overall tally stood at 29 - 17 more than second-placed Alexandre Lacazette, while Gabriel Martinelli (10) was the only other player to hit double figures.
Bukayo Saka, Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles were among the youngsters to break through into first team contention in 2019/20 with the latter also making his England senior debut this summer.
The manager
Mikel Arteta is into the second season of his maiden managerial role after replacing Unai Emery in December 2019, signing a deal until 2023, after leaving his role as Manchester City's assistant manager.
After emerging through FC Barcelona's world-renowned academy system, the Spaniard enjoyed a successful career as a player, often playing as a central midfielder.
His first taste of senior football, meanwhile, came during a year-and-a-half loan spell at Paris Saint-Germain, where he lifted the Intertoto Cup in 2001 before moving to Rangers.
In Scotland, he netted a penalty on the final day of the 2002/03 season as Rangers completed a domestic treble of Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup honours.
Arteta's second - and final - season north of the border was less successful as Martin O'Neill's Celtic reasserted their dominance over the Scottish game and Rangers finished second.
A year at Real Sociedad was supposed to coincide with a reunion with childhood friend Xabi Alonso, but when he left to join Liverpool, Arteta's new side struggled in La Liga.
That brought about a move to David Moyes' Everton, in the Premier League, where Arteta would help the Toffees regularly challenge for European qualification over six seasons.
In 2011, he moved to the capital to join Arsène Wenger's Arsenal, lifting two FA Cups and Community Shields with the Gunners, before retiring from playing in 2016.
Immediately after, he linked up with Pep Guardiola to become his compatriot's assistant manager at Manchester City, playing a role in the club's two-year dominance over English football.
Despite missing out on the title in 2016/17 to Chelsea, Man City earned successive Premier League triumphs the following two years, sealing 100 and 98 points on each occasion.
The 2017/18 title success coincided with a League Cup win, while the following campaign ended in a domestic treble, with Guardiola's men defeating Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley.
Last term, Arteta's first in the managerial hot seat, ended with an Emirates FA Cup triumph over Chelsea, lifting silverware at Wembley for the fourth time in seven years.
The Spaniard became the first person to win the competition as both captain and manager of Arsenal. The Gunners beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties in the 2020 Community Shield to earn Arteta his second successive Wembley trophy, ahead of his role being changed from head coach to manager in September.
Form guide
Mikel Arteta's men have made an assured opening to the 2020/21 campaign, starting with a comfortable 3-0 success over newly promoted Fulham at Craven Cottage on 12 September.
Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Gabriel were the goalscorers there, before Lacazette again and Eddie Nketiah sealed a 2-1 victory over West Ham United at Emirates Stadium.
Those results also followed a morale-boosting success in the Community Shield - winning 5-4 on penalties - following a 1-1 draw with Premier League champions Liverpool at Wembley.
More recently, following Arsenal's 2-0 success over City in the Carabao Cup, a Premier League defeat by Liverpool was followed by a Carabao Cup victory over the Reds, on penalties, on 1 October.
Strikes from Saka and Nicolas Pépé also booked a win over Sheffield United in the capital four days later, before a 1-0 reverse against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City last weekend.
On Thursday, meanwhile, David Luiz and Aubameyang were on the scoresheet in a 2-1 triumph over Rapid Wien in Group B of the UEFA Europa League.
Previous encounters
Arsenal have the upper hand over the Foxes in the historical head-to-head record, winning 67 of the two teams' 75 competitive previous encounters.
Up until May 2018, meanwhile, Leicester had endured a 23-game Premier League winless run against the north London outfit, spanning most of Arsène Wenger's spell in charge.
More recently, however, City have enjoyed several memorable results against the Gunners, winning three and drawing one of their last five Premier League clashes.
The most recent league meeting at King Power Stadium ended in a 2-0 success for Brendan Rodgers' men, with Jamie Vardy and James Maddison on the scoresheet on 9 November, 2019.
Trophy cabinet
Arsenal's status as one of the elite clubs in English football is proven by the array of trophies secured over their entire history.
The Gunners are 13-time champions of England, most recently during the staggering 'Invincibles' season of 2003/04, when they went an entire campaign without defeat.
They are also record 14-time holders of the FA Cup, including seven triumphs in that competition in the 21st century alone, culminating in yet another success at Wembley last term.
However, their League Cup record is surprisingly less envious - with only two victories to their name - in 1987 and 1993, while they have won the Community Shield 16 times also.
Their one European honour was a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup win in 1994.
The stadium
After spending 93 years at Highbury, Arsenal made an emotional move to the breathtaking 60,704-capacity Emirates Stadium in 2006.
Emirates Stadium is the fourth-largest football venue in England after Wembley Stadium, Old Trafford and the newly-opened Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
With cannons positioned outside the venue, alongside several statues of club legends, the Gunners have made it their home in recent seasons.
It has also staged eight Brazil fixtures since its opening, most recently a 1-0 victory for the five-time world champions over Uruguay in November 2018.
Upcoming fixtures
Like Leicester, the Gunners face combining Premier League duties with their exploits in the Europa League over the coming three months.
Following Sunday's encounter with the Foxes, Arsenal host Irish side Dundalk at Emirates Stadium next Thursday (8pm kick-off).
Then it's a trip to Old Trafford to tackle Manchester United on 1 November for the north Londoners (4:30pm kick-off), before hosting Molde in Europe on 5 November (8pm kick-off).
All times GMT.