Barcelona v Leicester Betting Preview – International Champions Cup, 3rd August
Welcome to the big time, that will be the message sent out to Leicester after they were thumped 4-0 by PSG in the International Champions Cup on the weekend. That will have been a wake up call and now the Foxes have to try and get over that as they head to Sweden to take on the might of Barcelona. The Catalans were comfortable victors over Celtic in Dublin as they opened their account in the summer invitational tournament. How will the Foxes fare against them?
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Barcelona v Leicester Betting Tips
Leicester will have been left feeling a little deflated after suffering a heavy defeat against PSG on the weekend. They lost 4-0 against the French Champions and never got themselves in the running at all. The difficult thing now for them ahead of their Premier League title defence, is restoring some confidence which is not likely to come in a game against Barcelona. It’s hard to see them rolling out a win over the Catalan giants. The Foxes banked a 2-1 win over Oxford to open their summer with and then were really muted in a 1-1 draw against Celtic in the International Champions Cup, although they went on to win the game in a penalty shoot out. But they were really out of the running against PSG, not having any answers in how to deal with the pace, power and creativity of the French outfit.
Leicester will probably be chasing a lot of shadows when they face Barcelona as well and the Premier League champions are naturally heavy underdogs. There is a quote of 4/5 on both teams not to score in the match, while you can take a price of 8/15 on the match to go over 2.5 goals as well. If that happens, it will probably be Barcelona weighing in with most (if not all) of the goals in the match and Barcelona to win to nil is a price of 11/10 with online betting site Bet365 for the friendly. Barcelona kicked off their International Champions Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Celtic on the weekend. They didn’t really look troubled, but not great themselves at any point really, there was a lot of rustiness in them.
Lionel Messi did play for 45 minutes of the game against Celtic and you can always enjoy the live in-play goalscoring markets on him when he is on the pitch. Barcelona weren’t at full strength against Celtic aren’t aren’t likely to be against the Foxes. On the evidence of their game against PSG, the Champions League is going to be a tough thing for Leicester this term and it is not likely that the Foxes are going to get anything out of this exchange.
Barcelona v Leicester Betting Odds
Barcelona 2/7, Draw 4/1, Leicester 8/1
Barcelona v Leicester Predictions
You would have to roll with Barcelona backing the win in a game which goes over 2.5 goals. There will be better from them having gotten that game against Celtic under their belt and Leicester were laboured angina against PSG. This should be fairly one way traffic in favour of the Spaniards.
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