[Football- England 'Premier League'] 10.1/ 21:00 Newcastle- Leicester
Posted: 10 Jan 2023 12:09
[Football- England 'Premier League'] 10.1/ 21:00 Newcastle- Leicester
This pick is a fade of Leicester's goalscoring ability in this match-up, and their propensity to defend poorly at certain points over 90 minutes. And it is a back of Newcastle's strong defending so far.
Both teams are likely to make changes to their teams from the weekend FA Cup games, with Newcastle set to restore first-choice goalkeeper Nick Pope to the starting lineup, replacing Martin Dubravka.
Newcastle could start a midfield trio of Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almiron, and Bruno Guimaraes, with the latter scoring their only goal in their last match.
Elsewhere, Allan Saint-Maximin is expected to miss out with illness, so Jacob Murphy and Matt Ritchie are the likely choices on either wing, supporting Chris Wood at striker.
As for Leicester, Dennis Praet will probably miss out on this game due to injury, so Marc Albrighton could keep his place on the right.
Key midfielder James Maddison has also been sidelined in recent weeks, so Wilfred Ndidi and Youri Tielemans could start in the middle, with Ayoze Perez on the left.
Leicester face a tougher opponent than their previous match so they might reshuffle their backline with Timothy Castagne, Daniel Amartey and Luke Thomas all returning, while Patson Daka could replace Jamie Vardy in attack.
Given Leicester's poor performances post-World Cup so far, I think BTTS-No is also a decent shout, but will instead bank on Newcastle to score multiple goals while also shutting out Leicester over 90 minutes.
1 (handicap -1,5) @2,40 Unibet
FT 2:0
This pick is a fade of Leicester's goalscoring ability in this match-up, and their propensity to defend poorly at certain points over 90 minutes. And it is a back of Newcastle's strong defending so far.
Both teams are likely to make changes to their teams from the weekend FA Cup games, with Newcastle set to restore first-choice goalkeeper Nick Pope to the starting lineup, replacing Martin Dubravka.
Newcastle could start a midfield trio of Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almiron, and Bruno Guimaraes, with the latter scoring their only goal in their last match.
Elsewhere, Allan Saint-Maximin is expected to miss out with illness, so Jacob Murphy and Matt Ritchie are the likely choices on either wing, supporting Chris Wood at striker.
As for Leicester, Dennis Praet will probably miss out on this game due to injury, so Marc Albrighton could keep his place on the right.
Key midfielder James Maddison has also been sidelined in recent weeks, so Wilfred Ndidi and Youri Tielemans could start in the middle, with Ayoze Perez on the left.
Leicester face a tougher opponent than their previous match so they might reshuffle their backline with Timothy Castagne, Daniel Amartey and Luke Thomas all returning, while Patson Daka could replace Jamie Vardy in attack.
Given Leicester's poor performances post-World Cup so far, I think BTTS-No is also a decent shout, but will instead bank on Newcastle to score multiple goals while also shutting out Leicester over 90 minutes.
1 (handicap -1,5) @2,40 Unibet
FT 2:0