Leicester v Liverpool Betting Preview – Premier League 23rd September 5.30pm
Leicester took a 2-0 home win over Liverpool in midweek. Both sides made plenty of changes to starting elevens for that League Cup match, but Liverpool’s fortunes stayed the same. They were dominant in the first half, but were wasteful and ended up paying the price. There’s a big problem, therefore, Jurgen Klopp to sort out. That’s a three match winning streak that the Foxes are on now at the King Power against the Reds, will they extend it?
Leicester v Liverpool Betting Tips
Just after a meeting in the EFL Cup at the King Power, Leicester and Liverpool will meet up once again. Leicester took a 2-0 win over the Reds in their Caribou Cup fixture on Tuesday and that was their third win on the bounce against Liverpool at home in all competitions. They are a pretty big 10/3 price at some bookmakers to win this, which feels a little bit inflated. Liverpool will bring a stronger starting eleven to the party though and the Foxes themselves made plenty of changes in midweek. At home this season in the Premier League, Leicester have posted a W1 L1 record, beating Brighton and then losing against Chelsea. There hasn’t been a clean sheet home or away from them yet this term and therefore both teams to score at William Hill fetches a price of 8/13 and has to be on the radar.
Both teams have scored in four of the last six meetings between Leicester and Liverpool. So there is a high expectancy of goals in this one and there have been three or more goals in five of the last eight fixtures between the two clubs. Leicester are very good on the counter attack and with Liverpool’s defence not showing any consistency this season, Jamie Vardy is a great 8/5 anytime goalscorer option at William Hill for the game. Shinji Okazaki got himself a goal in midweek and was a real game changer, and he is a price of 12/5 to get on the scoresheet again. The Foxes have hit the back of the net in each of their last four home games against Liverpool, and they have scored at least two in each of their last three there against them. It is probably worth backing the game to go over 2.5 goals at 8/11.
Liverpool aren’t running in hot form at the moment as they have gone winless in their last four games (D2 L2) across all competitions. There has been some wastefulness going forward and sloppiness at the back. They will have to go again without the suspended Sadio Mane, who has been their star performer this season, but they still pack an attacking punch without him, especially as they take on defence which hasn’t earned a clean sheet this term. Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino are joint 5/4 favourites in the anytime goalscorer market. Away from Anfield this season, the Reds have one point from two games, which was a 3-3 draw at Watford and then that crushing 5-0 loss at the Etihad against Man City when Maine was dismissed. That’s a lot of away goals conceded. In the William Hill correct score market a Liverpool 2-1 result is at 8/1 with only the 1-1 draw between them trading shorter at 13/2.
Leicester v Liverpool Betting Odds
Liverpool 10/1, Draw 13/5, Leicester 14/5
Leicester v Liverpool Predictions
Leicester to win: The Foxes did a real number on Liverpool, despite being second best for long periods. Liverpool’s defensive woes continued even though this wasn’t their strongest starting eleven and Leicester may have enough up their sleeve to make it back to back wins in the space of a few days against the Reds.
