West Bromwich VS Leicester City Match Prediction

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West Bromwich
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Leicester City

Our Prediction Tip

West Bromwich will win this match.

West Brom have had the upper hand against Leicester recently, with their 2-1 win in the reverse fixture earlier this season their seventh in 13 games against the Foxes since the turn of the century. Leicester have won on both their trips to the Hawthorns since their return to the Premier League in 2014, however, with Jamie Vardy scoring what proved to be the winning goals in both 3-2 successes. Here are the results of the last five matches:

Nov 06, 2016: Leicester City 1-2 West Brom
Mar 01, 2016: Leicester City 2-2 West Brom
Oct 31, 2015: West Brom 2-3 Leicester City
Apr 11, 2015: West Brom 2-3 Leicester City
Nov 01, 2014: Leicester City 0-1 West Brom

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West Brom vs Leicester City Prediction

Leicester’s poor away form makes it difficult to have much faith in Craig Shakespeare’s team away from home, even with West Brom having lost their last three matches. Tony Pulis’ side will want to finish what has been a great season strongly, and a win at home to last year’s champions will be a good way to bounce back into form.

Correct Score Prediction: West Brom 2-1 Leicester City

West Brom vs Leicester City Betting Tips and Odds

The bookmakers have found it difficult to split West Brom and Leicester – both Bet365 and Ladbrokes are offering 7/5 on a West Brom win and 7/4 on Leicester. As ever with the English Premier League, Betfair have the best prices: 8/5 on a West Brom win and 2/1 on Leicester. The draw is a best price of 5/2 with Bet365 and Ladbrokes.

Both teams to score has been set at 4/5 for both yes and 11/10 for no with Betfair.

Reason: Leicester’s away form has been poor all season, but West Brom have faltered after their own good run of form while Leicester have looked a better team since Craig Shakespeare took over. West Brom are favourites, but it’s close as a result.

Team News

West Brom have a full-strength squad to choose from, and could bring Salomon Rondon and Allan Nyom back into the starting XI, after both players dropped to the bench for West Brom’s defeat to Liverpool two weeks ago. Having had a fortnight between games, West Brom should be fit and firing for Leicester’s visit.

Key Man

Alongside his influence at the back, veteran Northern Ireland centre-back has also been invaluable at set pieces at the other end of the pitch. The defender is actually West Brom’s joint-top scorer with seven goals this season.

Team Form

Three consecutive defeats, all without scoring, have all but ended West Brom’s slim chances of qualifying for Europe, and it’s now four games with a goal this month having drawn 0-0 at Old Trafford prior to that. Their last win was the 3-1 defeat of Arsenal before the international break.

Expected Line-up: 4-3-3

West Bromwich Albion likely XI

  • Goalkeeper:Foster

  • Defenders:Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Brunt

  • Midfielders:Livermore, Yacob, Fletcher

  • Forwards:Phillips, Rondon, Chadli

Team News

Leicester have no new injury concerns, and could welcome captain Wes Morgan back to the starting line-up in place of Yohan Benalouane this weekend. Leonardo Ulloa has started the last two games up front, but Shinji Okazaki could come back into the team at the Hawthorns.

Key Man

While he has struggled to recreate the highs of last season, England international striker Jamie Vardy has still banged in 14 goals in all competitions this season.

Team Form

Leicester’s late defeat at Arsenal in midweek stretched their winless run to five games – a stark contrast to the six in a row they won after Craig Shakespeare replaced Claudio Ranieri as manager. That winless run includes their 2-1 aggregate defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, but also a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace and a 4-2 loss at Everton – both symbolic of their troubles away from home this year.

Expected Line-up: 4-4-2

Leicester City likely XI

  • Goalkeeper:Schmeichel

  • Defenders:Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs

  • Midfielders:Mahrez, Drinkwater, Ndidi, Albrighton

  • Forwards:Vardy, Okazaki

Leicester\'s revival under Craig Shakespeare, following the shock sacking of title-winning boss Claudio Ranieri, has come to an abrupt halt in recent weeks. All but one of Leicester\'s six wins in Shakespeare\'s first six games came at home, and with this being their fifth away fixture in the six games since, it is clear their away form has been a major problem. West Brom have only scored in one of their last seven matches, but that was a 3-1 win against Arsenal which highlights how dangerous they can be.
Leicester have won just one away game in the Premier League all season, drawing four and losing 12 of the other 16. They have scored just 15 goals in those 17 games, and conceded 36.