TONIGHT'S Championship game between Leicester City and Middlesbrough goes ahead, but kick-off has been delayed to 8pm.
There has been heavy snowfall all afternoon in the Leicester are, but referee Roger East has deemed the pitch at the King Power Stadium playable.
However, there has been extreme congestion in Leicester city centre all afternoon, and the Middlesbrough team coach was unable to make it to the ground.
As a result, the players were forced to abandon the coach and walk the final half mile to the stadium.
Tony Mowbray has made two changes to the side that lost against Watford last weekend, with Justin Hoyte and Andre Bikey replacing Nicky Bailey and Lukas Jutkiewicz.
LEICESTER (4-4-2): Schmeichel; De Laet, Drinkwater, Morgan, Konchesky; Marshall, Keane, James, Knockaert; Nugent, Wood.
Subs: Logan (gk), Vardy, King, Dyer, Waghorn, Gallagher, Moore.
MIDDLESBROUGH (4-3-1-2): Steele; Hoyte, Hines, Bikey, Friend; Haroun, Leadbitter, R Williams; McEachran; Ledesma, McDonald.
Subs: Ripley (gk), Reach, Bailey, Smallwood, Thomson, Emnes, Jutkiewicz.
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