Leicester - Tottenham

[Jake]

16.12.21 - 20:30 CET

Premier League
Leicester won only two of their previous five league games (2-1-2), but even that was enough to move them up to eighth place after the last round, only five points behind fifth place. That's where Brendan Rodgers' charges finished in both previous seasons, and if they were disappointed last year because of their drop from the top four, they would definitely be happy for that position this year. Leicester's current improvement is due to their previous home performances - they have won three of their last five games at their own stadium, scoring exactly four goals in all three. The last one (Newcastle 4-0) was helped by two goals from midfielder Tielemans, who returned after almost a month's injury layoff. The big unknown will be Tottenham's line-up, which has been hit by a coronavirus and Antonio Conte will have a lot of work to do with the composition of the starting eleven. Spurs last played on December 5, when they beat Norwich (3-0) and have now won three league games in a row under the new coach. But the current situation significantly reduces their chances of extending this streak. If nothing else, the players have not been able to train properly in recent days, which will probably show.

My bet:
Leicester @ 2.37 (bet365)

 

[Giovanni]

Leicester, after finishing in the Europa League, at least made it to the play-offs of the Europa Conference League. In the league, that's no glory. The team is in 9th place after 16 games played with 22 points and a score of 27:27 = 54 goals, that's an average of 3.4 goals per game.

It looks even worse for Tottenham in Europe, because of the suspension they are in danger of being eliminated from the 3rd most prestigious European competition already in the group stage. In the Premier League, after 14 games played, they are in 7th place with 25 points. Their score is 16:17, average 2.4 goals per game.

The match will feature 2 teams whose lineups will be significantly affected by absences on one side or the other. There are quite a few goals between the two teams in their games against each other. The last match ended 2:4 in favour of the London team. In the last 5 matches they have gone over the 2.5 goal mark 4 times.

My bet:
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.72 (bet365)

 

[Jake]

Leicester vs Tottenham: Premier League fixture postponed following Covid-19 outbreak​

 

[Lucas]

Too much of covid over there in Great Britain

Anyway, health first