Ace Football team offers the Premier League round 36 match preview for Leicester City and Liverpool who meet up on Monday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.
Liverpool are highly favoured to claim a win against Leicester City, whom they face on Monday. In their current shape, a win at King Power Stadium seems to be the obvious outcome.
Jurgen Klopp’s side enter the fixture up in fifth place in the Premier League table. They have 62 points from 35 games, 32 points more than the 19th-placed Leicester.
Team form: Leicester City vs Liverpool
Leicester City Form
It is neither good nor disastrous for Leicester City with just two points from their last three matches. They first drew 1-1 against Leeds, followed by another draw. This time 2-2 against Everton, before going down in a 5-3 defeat against Fulham. Leicester City only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded ten goals.
Liverpool Form
In their last three matches, Liverpool first beat Tottenham 4-3, then Fulham by 1-0 and finally Brentford by 1-0. The Reds won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals were conceded and nine scored.
Betting stats and facts for Leicester City and Liverpool
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Leicester City and Liverpool. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- Leicester have conceded in the last 15 matches in a row
- Leicester have conceded in the last 11 home matches in a row
- In 8 of the last 9 matches Leicester played, both teams scored
- Leicester have not won 12 of the last 13 matches
- In 7 of the last 9 home matches Leicester played, both teams scored
- Liverpool have won the last 6 matches in a row
- Liverpool have not lost the last 8 matches in a row
- In 10 of the last 12 Liverpool away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Liverpool have scored in the last 7 matches in a row
- In 5 of the last 7 matches Liverpool played, both teams scored
Players on top: Leicester City vs Liverpool
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Jamie Vardy, who is performing well for Leicester City. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Liverpool. The visitors will be looking to Mohamed Salah to find the net once again, after managing six Premier League goals for Liverpool in recent matches.
Betting markets: Leicester City vs Liverpool
Full-time result
Liverpool are looking to extend a six-match winning streak. They’ve struggled for consistency on the road though, winning just five times all season (D4 L8). In contrast, Leicester are winless in their last three games (D2 L1) and have lost five of their seven home matches (W1 D1).
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Leicester City only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Liverpool got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive Leicester City games. Liverpool should be able to score at least once this Monday as Leicester City failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Liverpool managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings.
Total goals
Leicester City saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Liverpool, who managed to score two times in those matches. Astonishingly, Leicester City failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 20 matches.
Betting tip: Leicester City vs Liverpool
In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Leicester City and Liverpool. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.