Leicester City Vs Liverpool Preview: Prediction, Team News, Predicted Lineups & Streaming Sites

Leicester City will host Liverpool in this year’s last Premier League games for both sides at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday. The pair met as recently as last week in a thrilling Carabao Cup encounter where Liverpool came out victorious on penalties. Leicester put out a strong XI on the day and still had to come back empty handed against a second string Liverpool side. The Foxes sit tenth in the league table after the thumping loss against the defending champions Manchester City on Boxing Day. Brendan Rodgers will hope that his players turn things around on Tuesday when they meet Liverpool at home.

Liverpool are six points behind the league leaders with a game in hand and are on course to give Manchester City a tough fight till the end of the season. They have won six out of their last seven games, with the only draw coming at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the previous gameweek with the Reds missing four key players due to Covid-19. Jurgen Klopp knows that there is no room to falter at this stage with City running away with the league, so anything other than a win will feel like a defeat to the Reds on Tuesday.

Leicester City Vs Liverpool Preview

Talking Tactics

Leicester City

Brendan Rodgers will have to tinker with his tactics after the recent results and might go for a 3-5-2 formation on the day. Vardy is expected to lead the line with the likes of Ademola Lookman and James Maddison playing behind him to create chances. Leicester will play a back five most of the time and will sit deep looking to counter with Vardy running in behind the Liverpool backline when they get back the ball.

Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp will opt for his go-to 4-3-3 formation with the front three of Mohamad Salah, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota leading the line. The Reds will look to be patient when having possession of the ball to break the deep block of the Foxes, and they will also look to press high up the pitch in order to prevent Leicester from playing out from the back. The midfield trio will be crucial in winning the second ball in the middle of the park, which will then trigger the Liverpool attacks.

Team News

Leicester City

Leicester City will be without the likes of Soyuncu, James Justin, Evans, Daka, Pereira, Bertrand and Fofana who are all ruled out with injuries. Harvey Barnes will also miss the game after testing positive for Covid-19. Vardy is expected to come back into the starting lineup along with the likes of Ndidi and Boubakary Soumare.

Liverpool 

Liverpool will be handed a major squad boost with the likes of Van Djik, Fabinho and Thiago all returning to training and expected to be available on Tuesday. Robertson will miss the clash due to suspension, and the other absentees are Origi, Elliot and Philips due to injuries.

Predicted Lineups For Leicester City Vs Liverpool

Leicester City: Schmeichel; Amartey, Ndidi, Vestergaard; Castagne, Tielemans, Soumare, Thomas; Maddison, Lookman; Vardy

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Minamino, Salah, Mane

Prediction

Leicester City 0-3 Liverpool

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