Burnley VS Leicester City Match Prediction
2020-01-19
14:00:00
Burnley
VS
Leicester City
Our Prediction Tip
Leicester City will win this match.
2020-01-1914:00:00 Leicester City will win this match.
In 69 matches, Burnley have 28 wins, 19 draws, and 22 losses against Leicester City.
Here's a look at the last five results:
Oct 19, 2019: Leicester 2-1 Burnley
Mar 16, 2019: Burnley 1-2 Leicester
Nov 10, 2018: Leicester 0-0 Burnley
Apr 14, 2018: Burnley 2-1 Leicester
Dec 2, 2017: Leicester 1-0 Burnley
Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:
Burnley are at 10/3, a draw is at 11/4, and Leicester are at 5/6.
Burnley will come into this match needing, badly, to end a run of losses. They have lost four in league games in a row now and last won at Bournemouth, which is not the biggest achievement currently. That leaves them in peril, sitting in 15th on 24 points ahead of the weekend’s round. They are just three points above Aston Villa, so they will know that they can ill afford to keep letting results slip by them. It’s a tough one here, but they are at home and have to give it a go.
Leicester, meanwhile, will begin the weekend in third spot in 45 points following just their third loss in the last five games last weekend. That loss to Southampton, following a 0-9 win over the same foes, looks quite bad, especially seeing as how Ndidi is out. They will need to adjust in order to lock up their place in the Champions League, but the fact that they have an 11 point gap over Manchester United as things sit has to give them a huge heads up to give them a chance to right that ship.
Burnley’s home record this term is one that can be summed up by saying “all or nothing.” They have five wins and six losses in 11 matches, with no draws, yielding them 15 points overall out of 33. It’s not awful, but you can hardly count on them. In their last five matches at Turf Moor, they have lost four times. As for Leicester, they have had a fantastic away record. They have seven wins and a draw, one of their best traveling records of all-time. They have only given up ten total goals on their trips and have won four of their last five.
Betfair have no for both sides scoring at 2.1.
Ladbrokes have Vardy at 5/6 odds.
Even with the Foxes looking less than convincing, it’s hard to make a good case for Burnley. Anything can happen in the Premier League, sure, but the visitors look like a much more sure thing than the Clarets do.
Sean Dyche has some major problems up front at the moment. Ashley Barnes is set to be out for a wile now and Johann Gudmundsson is crocked once more out wide. Jay Rodriguez has been dealing with illness, but he should be ready to go, but Chris Wood, another striker, is a doubt due to a broken nose. Still yet, it’s thought that he will feature from the off.
Burnley will be sweating over the fitness of their strikers, and especially over Chris Wood. The big Kiwi is always a threat, even if his side aren’t in possession, due to his aerial prowess. He’s scored eight times already, and now that Barnes is out, he’ll be even more vital to them. Out wide, the creativity will have to come from winger Dwight McNeil. He’s been downright impressive since moving to the Clarets, and he’ll be looking to add to the four assists he has racked up thus far.
Burnley have four losses and a win in their last five matches:
3-0 loss at Chelsea
4-2 home win v Peterborough (FA Cup)
1-2 home loss vs Aston Villa
0-2 home loss vs Manchester United
1-0 loss at Everton
Brendan Rodgers will be missing influential defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and the versatile Daniel Amartey through injuries. Matty James and Wes Morgan could feature, but won’t likely be used anyway, all truth being told.
It’s not been the most smooth sailing of times of late for Jamie Vardy. Even with that said, though, the Englishman is atop the PL goal scoring charts with 17 to his name. He’s so dangerous, in fact, that thinking he’s out of form is probably the worst thing you could do. Out wide and in support of their star striker, Ayoze Perez needs to step up with a big game. He does have five goals and four assists, but he blows hot and cold, so they need consistency from him moving forward to progress.
Leicester have a loss, a draw, and three wins in their last five matches:
1-2 home loss vs Southampton
1-1 home draw vs Aston Villa (EFL Cup)
2-0 home win vs Wigan (FA Cup)
0-3 win at Newcastle
1-2 win at West Ham
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