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Leicester vs Tottenham prediction: How will Premier League fixture play out tonight?

Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League fixture tonight

Sports Staff
Wednesday 19 January 2022 19:25 GMT
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Leicester City face Tottenham Hotspur tonight in the Premier League as both sides look to get back on track following a number of fixture postponements.

Tonight’s match was originally scheduled to be played in December but was called off due to a number of Covid-19 cases in the Leicester squad.

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Leicester then had three other matches postponed, including Saturday’s trip to Burnley, and have not played a Premier League match since 28 December.

Brendan Rodgers side sit 10th in the table while Spurs lie in sixth, but with games in hand on West Ham and Arsenal in the race for a top four spot.

Here’s everything you need to know before the match this evening.

When is Leicester vs Tottenham?

The match will kick off at 7:30pm GMT on Wednesday 19 January at the King Power Stadium.

How can I watch it?

It will be shown live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 7pm. BT Sport customers can also stream the match live on the BT Sport app and website.

Confirmed line-ups

Leicester: Schmeichel; Albrighton, Choudhury, Vestergaard, Soyuncu, Thomas; Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Maddison; Barnes, Daka

Tottenham: Lloris; Royal, Tanganga, Sanchez, Davies, Reguilon; Hojbjerg, Winks, Skipp; Kane, Lucas Moura

Odds

Leicester: 9/4

Draw: 13/5

Tottenham: 11/8

Prediction

Harry Kane has a great goalscoring against Leicester and the Foxes have been suspect defensively this season, but Tottenham have been desperately low on attacking quality in recent weeks and the hosts could punish them. Leicester 2-1 Tottenham

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