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Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Date: 1st May 2022

Kick-off time – 14:00 GMT

Leicester City will travel to North London this Sunday to face top-four chasing Tottenham in what is a must win game for both sides who are looking to end the season on a high note.

The hosts, Tottenham, have recently lost ground in the top four race following bad results against Brighton (1-0 loss) and Crystal Palace (0-0 draw).

They come into this tie sitting in fifth place, two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with just five games to play.

And as a result, their Champions League destiny is no longer in their hands, and they will now hope that Arsenal drop points while they win all of their remaining matches, including their upcoming fixture against Liverpool at Anfield.

However, they have won three of their last four home games and they will at least see this game as a winnable game for them.

Meanwhile, Leicester City will look to get back into gear in the League after their exertions in the Europa Conference League in midweek.

The Foxes held AS Roma to a 1-1 draw last Thursday in the first leg of the semifinals of the Conference League.

In the PL, their last outing was a goalless draw with Aston Villa, leaving them sitting in tenth place with six games to go.

With the chance of playing in Europe next season almost gone given that they are ten points behind seventh-placed West Ham, they will now look to accumulate as many points as possible so that they can finish as high up as possible in the league.

Meanwhile, winning the Conference League will give them a direct passage into the Europa League group stage.

However, to win this game, they must better their average away day performance. Brendan Rodgers’ men have been one of the worst teams away from home this year, having won just three away league games all season. They have won just one of their last six away games in all competitions (D2, L3) and are also winless in seven PL trips away to sides starting the round in the top half (D1, L6).

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

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