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Tottenham Hotspur vs. Leicester City
In the Premier League, the race for the top places is quite even so far. Only three points separate first and fifth place, and many teams are knocking on the door. Tottenham Hotspur is one of them. The Londoners have made a strong start and are still without defeat in the league. This weekend, they will face bottom team Leicester City in the seventh matchday. The game kicks off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London at 18:30 on Saturday, and you can find our prediction in the following Tottenham vs Leicester tip.
Spurs have picked up a strong 14 points from their first six games and sit third in the Premier League table. League leaders and local rivals Arsenal are only one point away, which should provide Tottenham with additional motivation. Leicester, on the other hand, have completely different worries at the moment. The Foxes have made a disastrous start and are stuck in last place with just one point from six games. The surprise champions of 2016 need to get their act together quickly to prevent their relegation worries from becoming more serious.
Tottenham – Leicester info:
– Date & Time: 17/09/2022, 18:30.
– Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
– Competition: Premier League, Matchday 7
– Broadcast: Sky
Tottenham Form & Balance Check
Spurs have made a strong start to the season. In their first full season under Antonio Conte, the Londoners have picked up where they left off last year. Tottenham picked up four wins from their first six league games, only dropping points in draws against city rivals Chelsea and West Ham. With the last fixture cancelled due to the Queen’s death, the most recent league game was a while ago. Just over a fortnight ago, Spurs defeated Fulham FC 2-1.
Sporting inflict first defeat on Spurs
So Tottenham have only played the first two matchdays in the Champions League. They opened with a 2-0 win over Marseille, which new signing Richarlison decided with his brace. Last Tuesday, the team played Sporting Lisbon. The Portuguese had beaten Eintracht Frankfurt on the first day of the match and also proved to be a spoilsport against Spurs. After it had looked like a draw for a long time, Sporting managed the double lucky punch through the two jokers Paulinho and Arthur Gomes. The 2-0 defeat in the Portuguese capital was the Londoners’ first defeat of the season
Tottenham facts & analysis
– 3rd place in the Premier League, 14 points from 6 games.
– Last lost 0.2 against Sporting Lisbon
– 1st competitive defeat of the season
Leicester form & balance check
If the Foxes don’t get out of their slump in form soon, they will have to turn their gaze downwards in a hurry. Leicester have consistently finished in single figures in the table for the past five years, but this season they are looking much worse after a disastrous start. Brendan Rodgers’ side are still winless after six games and have just one point from their opening draw with Brentford. Since then, they have lost five in a row, with their defence proving to be particularly vulnerable.
Brighton game turns into next setback
The Foxes are the second weakest defensive unit in the league, conceding 16 goals from six games. In their last game against Brighton, who started strongly, they lost 5-2, which aggravated the crisis. At least Rodgers and his team have now had two full weeks of training to investigate the causes and work on solutions due to the cancelled matchday last weekend. After the clash with Tottenham, the two promoted teams from Nottingham and Bournemouth await next, at the latest then Leicester must finally get their first wins.
Leicester facts & analysis
– Last place in the Premier League, 1 point from 6 games.
– Last lost 2:5 against Brighton
– 5th defeat in a row
Predicted line-up – last update on 15 September 2022
Antonio Conte could rotate slightly after the English week and order Lenglet, Sessegnon and Kulusevski back into the starting eleven. Davies, Perisic and Richarlison, who was unlucky against Sporting, would then have to go on the bench. On the other hand, Brendan Rodgers is likely to make one or two changes compared to the Brighton game. Vardy and Dewsbury-Hall, for example, are candidates for the starting eleven and could push Daka and Iheanacho back to the bench. Castagne and Amartey are other alternatives.
Tottenham – Leicester direct comparison & stats
The direct comparison between Tottenham and Leicester is based on 94 encounters between the two teams, 90 of which have come in the Premier League. Spurs are ahead with 45 wins, while the Foxes have won 33 games. 16 other games ended in a draw. The last three duels all went to Tottenham.
– The most common result between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City is 1-2. 6 matches ended like this.
– Last season Tottenham Hotspur won both matches against Leicester City (3-1 at home and 3-2 away).
– In the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur’s winning streak at home has lasted 3 games.
– Leicester City’s losing streak in the Premier League has now lasted 5 games.
– The average of goals scored in a Tottenham Hotspur-Leicester City clash is 4.
