Leeds vs Leicester prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-04-24 19:00.
With the fight for Premier League (PL) survival heading for a photo finish, Leeds United currently find themselves at the head of what might be a five-horse race in 16th place, since the bottom five clubs are only separated by as many points. They’ve done themselves no favours recently, after their 2-1 defeat to Fulham last time out made it three defeats on the trot for Javi Gracia’s side.
Usually a return to Elland Road would do the Whites a world of good, but they’ve waved the white flag at home recently after suffering heavy 5-1 and 6-1 defeats to Crystal Palace and Liverpool respectively. Nerves might be exacerbated when a desperate Leicester City pays them a visit then, especially with Leeds winning only one of the last nine H2Hs (D3, L5) and keeping only one clean sheet in that time.
Leicester aren’t one to speak when it comes to keeping clean sheets, as they remain the only club in Europe’s top-five leagues without a top-flight clean sheet since the World Cup! It’s now been 17 PL matches since their last shutout, but that didn’t stop them from breaking a ten-match competitive winless run (D1, L9) when beating Wolves 2-1 at the weekend to finally give them relief from the relegation zone as they climbed into the coveted 17th place.
Securing back-to-back wins will therefore see them leapfrog their hosts, as well as give them their second league double over Leeds this century after winning the reverse fixture 2-0 in October. The Foxes have either been the hunter or the hunted on the road this season though, as they’ve only drawn one away match, a league-low.
Players to watch: Leeds will be hoping Luis Sinisterra will put on a show at Elland Road, having scored eight of his last 11 club goals at home. Meanwhile, Leicester fans will be looking to Harvey Barnes to once again put on a show of his own against Leeds, after scoring in each of his last six appearances against them.
Hot stat: Twenty of Leeds’ PL matches this season have seen both teams score, a league-high.