Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: King Power Stadium

Date: 19th August 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

After a one-year absence, Leicester City will begin its Premier League journey on Monday when they welcomes Tottenham Hotspur to the King Power Stadium.

Leicester won the Championship last season, finishing first place in an impressive season that saw them take 97 points. But they are aware that the competition at this level is higher, and so their first goal for the season will be surviving another relegation.

However, they are faced with a considerable points deduction verdict hanging over their heads due to a breach of Profit and Sustainability rules. So, hitting the ground running and picking up maximum points early could be their only chance of survival this season.

The Foxes were also forced to hire a third manager in as many seasons and former Nottingham Forest Steve Cooper has proven somewhat of a controversial appointment given his links to one of Leicester’s greatest rivals. Nonetheless, Cooper’s unbeaten record in his two debuts at former clubs (W1, D1) might be a good omen here. 

Yet the fact that all four of his personal meetings with Tottenham Hotspur saw two-goal margin finishes – with his side on the wrong end of three (W1) – could put that under threat.

Meanwhile, Tottenham will begin their second season under Ange Postecoglou against Leicester this Monday. 

Spurs fans will be hoping the Australian’s second year in North London will begin like the last one when Tottenham set the pace early in the season before fizzling out to a fifth-place finish. That said, the former Celtic boss has a history of doing well in his second season. He remarkably won the Asian Cup in his second year as Australia manager, also winning the league with all three clubs he managed for 2+ years (Celtic, Brisbane, and Yokohama). 

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

April 1, 2025
Arsenal 18:45 Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:45 West Ham United
Nottingham Forest 19:00 Manchester United
April 2, 2025
AFC Bournemouth 18:45 Ipswich Town
Brighton & Hov… 18:45 Aston Villa
Manchester City 18:45 Leicester City
Newcastle United 18:45 Brentford
Southampton 18:45 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 19:00 Everton
April 3, 2025
Chelsea 19:00 Tottenham Hotspur
April 5, 2025
Everton 11:30 Arsenal
West Ham United 14:00 AFC Bournemouth
Ipswich Town 14:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crystal Palace 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 16:30 Nottingham Forest
April 6, 2025
Brentford 13:00 Chelsea
Fulham 13:00 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 13:00 Southampton
Manchester United 15:30 Manchester City
April 7, 2025
Leicester City 19:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 29 21 7 1 69 27 +42 70
2 Arsenal 29 16 10 3 53 24 +29 58
3 Nottingham Forest 29 16 6 7 49 35 +14 54
4 Chelsea 29 14 7 8 53 37 +16 49
5 Manchester City 29 14 6 9 55 40 +15 48
6 Newcastle United 28 14 5 9 47 38 +9 47
7 Brighton & Hov… 29 12 11 6 48 42 +6 47
8 Fulham 29 12 9 8 43 38 +5 45
9 Aston Villa 29 12 9 8 41 45 -4 45
10 AFC Bournemouth 29 12 8 9 48 36 +12 44
11 Brentford 29 12 5 12 50 45 +5 41
12 Crystal Palace 28 10 9 9 36 33 +3 39
13 Manchester United 29 10 7 12 37 40 -3 37
14 Tottenham Hotspur 29 10 4 15 55 43 +12 34
15 Everton 29 7 13 9 32 36 -4 34
16 West Ham United 29 9 7 13 33 49 -16 34
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 7 5 17 40 58 -18 26
18 Ipswich Town 29 3 8 18 28 62 -34 17
19 Leicester City 29 4 5 20 25 65 -40 17
20 Southampton 29 2 3 24 21 70 -49 9

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