Leicester City will be looking to bounce back when they visit Elland Road on Sunday to take on Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds in what is expected to be an exciting Premier League fixture with kickoff at 17:00.
Both sides are underperforming in the Premier League this season following impressive showings last season with Leeds finishing the season in the ninth spot on 59 points which is impressive for a newly promoted side, while Leicester City finished in the fifth and lifted the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
However, both have been struggling to rediscover the zip that has served them well in their recent respective campaigns this season with Leeds having to wait until their seventh fixture to register their first win this term, winning a 1-0 against Watford early October. However, the win appears to have acted as a steppingstone for Leeds who have now just lost one of their last three league fixtures collecting four points in the run.
They head into the match on the back of a crucial 2-1 win against Norwich at Carrow Road last weekend. The win saw them move out of the relegation zone and will looking to keep the momentum going as they aim at climbing further up the table.
Meanwhile Brendan Rodger’s Leicester made a slow start to the campaign having just recorded two wins in their opening seven matches picking up two draws while suffering three defeats in the process. However, City appeared to be getting their act together after hard-fought and impressive back-to-back wins against Manchester United and Brentford, but came crashing down to the ground with the 2-0 defeat at the hand of a resurgent arsenal at King Power last weekend.
Therefore, the foxes will be looking to bounce back to winning ways in this fixture as they aim at breaking back to the top half of the league standings.
Leeds vs Leicester head to head
Both sides have met in 36 matches since 1994 with Leicester claiming 17 victories while Leeds have claimed 12 victories and there have been seven draws.
- Leicester 1-3 Leeds 31/01/21
- Leeds 1-4 Leicester 02/11/20
- Leicester 3-1 Leeds 24/10/17
- Leeds 0-1 Leicester 18/01/14
- Leicester 0-0 Leeds 11/08/13
Home
- Norwich 1-2 Leeds
- Arsenal 2-0 Leeds
- Leeds 1-1 Wolves
- Southampton 1-0 Leeds
- Leeds 1-0 Watford
Away
- Leicester 1-1 Spartak Moscow
- Leicester 0-2 Arsenal
- Leicester 4-2 Brighton
- Brentford 1-2 Leicester
- Spartak Moscow 3-4 Leicester
Leeds team news
Leeds will be without Robin Koch, Luke Ayling and Patrick Bamford due to injuries.
Leicester team news
Leicester will be without Wesley Fofana, Marc Albrighton and Ricardo Pereira due to injuries while James Maddison and Harvey Barnes have been struck down by a sickness bug and have been ruled out.
Prediction and odds
- Leicester win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
