Leicester City VS Celtic Match Prediction

Celtic have never played Leicester City before, so this International Champions Cup match is certain to make history no matter what happens on the day. However, with the ICC set to become a more important part of pre-season schedules in the coming years, more matches between the two sides could be on the cards in the future.

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Leicester City v Celtic: Prediction

Pre-season games are typically hard to predict, but while Celtic have more games under their belt, their focus is sure to be on Champions League qualification. Confidence remains high at Leicester despite the sale of N'Golo Kante to Chelsea and they should have far too much for Rodgers' men.

Leicester City v Celtic: Betting Tips

Leicester City can be backed at a price of 6/5 to win this game, which looks extremely good value considering Celtic are not likely to name a strong team for the match. The odds of 5/2 available on Celtic are not worth considering, while the 9/4 on the draw is not worth a second glance either.

Goals could well be on the cards so the 8/11 on both teams to score could be a good bet for this International Champions Cup match, while Musa can be backed at 2/1 to score any time against Celtic. From the correct scores market, the 18/1 on Leicester to beat Celtic 3-1 stands out.

It is early in pre-season for Leicester City, but manager Claudio Ranieri is likely to name a strong side for this game. Striker Jamie Vardy should be involved after committing his future to the club, but Riyad Mahrez may be left out as speculation about a big money move continues.

Ahmed Musa, Ron-Robert Zieler and Luis Hernandez have made their debuts in pre-season already and the trio of new signings could be on show again here.

Leicester City likely XI: 

Zieler, Simpson, Morgan, Hernandez, Fuchs, Mendy, Drinkwater, Inler, Musa, Vardy, Mahrez.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers needs to keep his team's Champions League qualifier against Astana in mind, so he might not name a particularly strong team for this game, although defender Erik Sviatchenko has been passed fit.

Rodgers will want to see an improvement from his team after they embarrassingly lost 1-0 to Gibraltan outfit Lincoln Red Imps recently, with new signings Moussa Dembélé and Kristoffer Ajer among those who could feature for the Glasgow team.

Celtic likely XI: 

Gordon, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Tierney, Brown, Forrest, Armstrong, Ajer, Ciftci, Dembélé, Rogic.

This International Champions Cup match is hard to call as it is unclear how Leicester City are going to respond to being Premier League champions, a title that means they will be seen as a massive scalp by any club they play, in any competition. But Ranieri has managed to keep his players\' feet on the ground so far and there is no reason to suspect the wheels will come off, especially with Celtic distracted by a key Champions League game against Astana next week. Leicester should come out on top and win the game relatively easily.

Leicester City won the Premier League by a massive 10 points last year, while Celtic finished 15 points clear atop the Scottish Premiership.