Leeds United vs Leicester City Predictions and Betting Tips
All eyes will be at Elland Road on Monday as Leeds United play hosts to Leicester City. This game is scheduled to be the closing matchup of the week, however, it's certainly not the least. How well will both sides fare on Monday night?
The most recent game between both sides dates back to 2017 in an EFL Cup tie. Leicester City ran out 3-1 winners on that particular day. However, with regards to their head-to-head record, both sides have clashed 27 times. Leicester City edge past Leeds with twelve wins compared to their opponent's eight. However, this certainly doesn't point to a clear winner with both sides capable of nicking all three points.
The Peacocks stand their ground
Leeds United has copped 10 points from their first six games back in the English top division. If anything, this has proved that they're more than capable of standing their ground against the so-called big boys of the division. It is then left to see whether they can continue putting out fantastic performances in the following games.
Bielsa and his troops handed Aston Villa their first loss of the season in their most recent league game. A brilliant hat-trick from Patrick Bamford in the second half was the deciding factor as Leeds got their first win in three games. If anything, it made the Leeds faithful forget about that disappointing loss to Wolves in the match before.
Vardy and Co. party on!
Jamie Vardy's return to the starting XI has immensely jacked up The Foxes performances in recent games. Not only does the Englishman drive fear into his opponents, but he also motivates his teammates to play better anytime he's on the pitch. He was greatly missed in that 1-0 loss to Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium. Fast forward to their next game at the Emirates in which he started on the bench, Vardy came on to score the winning goal with his sixth of the season. Once again, he was on the score sheet in their group stage game against AEK Athens- alongside Choudhury- as The Foxes recorded a 2-0 win to keep their place atop the table.
Leeds United vs Leicester Team News
Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper are both battling with shoulder and groin injuries respectively. Therefore, they would both miss out on this game. Rodgers has quite a number of injury problems in his side wit quite a number of first-team players ruled out. Ndidi, Castagne, Soyuncu, and Perreira will miss out of this trips to the Elland Road
Leeds United possible starting XI:
Meslier; Dallas, Ayling, Koch, Alioski; Struijk; Harrison, Klich, Rodrigo, Costa; Bamford
Leicester City possible starting XI:
Schmeichel; Fofana, Evans, Fuchs; Albrighton, Tielemans, Mendy, Justin; Madisson, Praet; Vardy
Leeds United vs Leicester City Prediction: 2-2
Football fans will be treated to amazing football on Monday with two attacking teams set to collide. As such, we expect to see a couple of goals in this game with top-draw centre forwards leading the line for both sides. However, we don't see a clear winner for this particular one as both sides clearly have the capacity to get all three points.
