Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview


Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: King Power Stadium

Date: 19th January 2022

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

After having their weekend games postponed, Leicester and Tottenham will return to Premier League action this Wednesday with the latter visiting the former at the King Power Stadium.

Leicester City were scheduled to play Burnley over the weekend but because of a Covid-19 outbreak within the Clarets squad, the Premier League postponed the game to a later date.

The hosts’ last match was a 4-1 win over Watford in the FA Cup while their last league game was against Liverpool – a game they won 1-0 thanks to an Ademola Lookman’s second-half goal after Kasper Schmeichel saved a first-half penalty from Mohamed Salah.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are one of the few sides to have played the least number of games this season (18 games) – only Burnley (17) have played fewer games. Despite playing few games and a poor start to the season along with huge injury problems within their squad, the Foxes are still within the top half.

They come into this round of games sitting in 10th with 25 points. However, they are a distant 12 points behind West Ham who sit fourth and eight points behind Tottenham who are occupying the last Europa League spot.

With less than half of their PL games already played, they have enough time to catch up with the top teams however, they must begin with a win in this game as a loss could see them drop out of the top half again.

Meanwhile, Tottenham were scheduled to play North London rivals Arsenal over the weekend but the Gunners requested that the game be postponed following injuries and Covid issues within their squad.

Like their hosts, Antonio Conte’s side have played just 18 times this season in the Premier League and come into this fixture sitting in sixth place. With four games in hand and just four points separating them and West Ham in fourth, Spurs are firmly in the top four race.

They can move into fifth if they win this game, as Arsenal are not in PL action in midweek as a result of their Carabao Cup engagement with Liverpool on Thursday.

The visitors will be confident of winning this game as they come into this fixture unbeaten in eight games under Conte (W5, D3).

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Manchester City 33 23 7 3 80 32 +48 76
3 Liverpool 34 22 8 4 75 34 +41 74
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Manchester United 33 16 5 12 51 50 +1 53
7 Newcastle United 33 15 5 13 69 54 +15 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 9 13 49 60 -11 45
11 Brighton & Hov… 33 11 11 11 52 54 -2 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 7 15 46 54 -8 43
13 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
14 Crystal Palace 34 10 9 15 44 56 -12 39
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 34 11 8 15 36 48 -12 33
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 34 3 7 24 33 92 -59 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

 

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