Leicester City visit Slavia Prague at Sinobo Stadium, Prague, in the first leg of their Last 32 tie in 2020-21 UEFA Europa League.
Slavia Prague qualified as Group C runners-up behind Bayer Leverkusen, whereas Leicester emerged victorious in Group G ahead of Braga by virtue of head-to-head points record.
Team News
Slavia Prague have no fresh injury concerns to report ahead of this match with a full squad available for selection.
Leicester could be without Ayoze Perez after the Spanish striker suffered a foot injury in the closing moments of Saturday’s comeback Premier League win over Liverpool.
James Justin (knee), Wesley Fofana, Timothy Castagne (both thigh) and Dennis Praet (hamstring) are ruled out, whilst Ricardo Pereira has been left out of the squad for fitness reasons as he continues his recovery from injury woes across the last 12 months.
Stat Attack
- This is Slavia Prague’s first-ever meeting against Leicester in all competitions.
- Slavia Prague have scored three goals in their last two home games in the Europa League, with Abdallah Sima scoring once in each of those two matches.
- Kelechi Iheanacho and Harvey Barnes’ are Leicester’s joint top Europa League scorers this season with three goals apiece.
Prediction
Slavia Prague enter this match unbeaten in ten games since losing their final group game in early December, boasting serious goal threats in Abdallah Sima and Jan Kuchta amongst others and are yet to lose at home in all competitions this season.
Leicester meanwhile come here following a positive performance on Saturday, in which they weathered Liverpool’s attack and quick passing before coming from behind with three clinical goals to get the win and make it just one defeat so far in 2021.
We therefore can be pretty confident of goals here but given Slavia Prague’s fierce home form, I can see them coming here and trying to play on the counter-attack which might well suit them if their defending is on top form and get a narrow lead to take into the return leg.
Prediction: Slavia Prague 0-1 Leicester City
Result: Slavia Prague 0-0 Leicester City
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