Leicester v Liverpool Betting Preview – EFL Cup 19th September 7.45pm
This is a great looking fixture for the EFL Cup on Tuesday night and that is because it should be a pretty wide open affair. You have Liverpool who just likes to attack and have no sense of defensive duties, while Leicester are brilliant on the counter attack so there should be something going on at both ends here. This could well be the tie of the round, who will have more interest in winning this?
Leicester v Liverpool EFL Cup Betting Tips
The Foxes have been priced up as underdogs for this home EFL Cup tie against Liverpool. Leicester’s record in the top flight is a bit misleading because they have had such a tough fixture list. They haven’t played all that bad really in their W1 D1 L3 record, which sounds a strange thing to say. They are a good home side and hard to knock off at the King Power and generally don’t weaken too much for cup games. Jamie Vardy is at 7/4 in the bet365 anytime goalscorer market for this cup tie which is the high-profile headliner. Leicester romped to a 4-1 away win at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United in the last round and that could have been a tricky game for them. Over 2.5 goals at bet365 returns a price of 7/10 for this tie. Two of the last three between these two have gone over the mark. Leicester are on a two match winning streak at the King Power against Liverpool, netting a total of five goals in those victories.
Liverpool could use a win at the moment. They have had a trying week or so. They were beaten 5-0 by Man City in the Premier League, and then they played out a frustrating 2-2 draw at home with Sevilla in the Champions League and then were held at Anfield by Burnley on Saturday in the English top flight. The old defensive frailties are there and they are lacking some discipline and focus at the heart of the defence. But they will get their chances going forward of course and this should be a good chance to get a winning touch rediscovered. Both teams to score at bet365 fetches a price of 4/7. Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge is the 13/10 outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market. Five of Liverpool’s last six games in all competitions have all been at Anfield, so it’s hard to judge their away form. That one away game in that sequence was their heavy league loss at Manchester City. This should be a great open game and what makes this interesting is that the two of them will meet again at the King Power on the weekend back in the Premier League.
Leicester v Liverpool EFL Cup Betting Odds
Liverpool 6/5, Draw 2/1, Leicester 5/2
Leicester v Liverpool EFL Cup Predictions
Leicester to win: Liverpool are already busy in the Champions League and this shouldn’t be a high priority for them. Because of that, look for the counter-attacking powers of Leicester to win out in this one, they will probably take this one a little more seriously than the visitors do.
