Leicester vs Liverpool
England – Premier League
Date: Thursday, 26 December 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: King Power Stadium (Leicester).
Liverpool are cruising in the Premier League title race after a blistering start to the campaign under Jurgen Klopp. The Reds have won 16 of their opening 17 games helping them forge a 10-point lead over second place Leicester City.
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This could turn out to be an important clash, as far as the title race is concerned, given the fact that a win for the Foxes could potentially close the gap to just six points, with Man City also pushing for their crown.
Leicester vs Liverpool Prediction Line-Ups
Leicester vs Liverpool Head to head (h2h)
Teams Leicester Liverpool played so far 21 matches.
Leicester won 5 direct matches. Liverpool won 12 matches. 4 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.81 goals per Match.
Leicester vs Liverpool Prediction
Leicester in actual season average scored 2.25 goals per match. In 9 (90.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 6 (60.00%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Liverpool average scored 2.34 goals per match in season 2019. In 18 (94.74%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 14 (73.68%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
The fitness of midfielder Harvey Barnes is being monitored by the Leicester medical team after he suffered an ankle problem at Manchester City.
If Barnes comes through training on Tuesday with no reaction he will be in contention to play.
Liverpool's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (ankle) has been ruled out until the new year, while Dejan Lovren (muscle), Joel Matip (knee) and Fabinho (ankle) remain sidelined.
Match officials
Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child.