Tottenham Hotspur welcome Leicester City to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a crucial Premier League clash.
Victory would lift Tottenham up to fourth ahead of Arsenal’s teatime trip to West Ham, whereas Leicester can go ninth with a win.
Team News
Sergio Reguilon is ruled out for Tottenham after he suffered a groin injury.
Japhet Tanganga, Matt Doherty (both knee) and Oliver Skipp (groin) remain absent.
Leicester manager, Brendan Rogers could opt to rest Timothy Castagne after he was substituted as a precaution in Thursday’s 1-1 draw against AS Roma in Europa Conference League, following a clash of heads.
Ryan Bertrand and Wilfred Ndidi both remain absent with knee injuries.
Stat Attack
- Tottenham have lost two of their last eight meetings against Leicester (W6, L2).
- Leicester have claimed four points from their last five away visits to Spurs (W1, D1, L3).
- Brendan Rogers’ Foxes have scored first in each of their last three clashes against Tottenham.
- Spurs are looking to end a two-match run without a shot on target.
- Leicester have scored first in each of their last three league matches away from home (D2, L1).
Prediction
Following two lacklustre displays without even one shot on target, Tottenham simply need to step it up now if they want fourth especially after a toothless attacking effort at Brentford last weekend, where Hugo Lloris luckily rescued them a point with excellent saves.
Leicester’s focus meanwhile could well lie on Thursday’s tricky second leg away at AS Roma but this is ideally an equally tricky test, which could well suit them in terms of maintaining momentum if they can play with the same confidence and passing threat like they did last Thursday evening.
Now if the Foxes do that and Spurs continue to play like a knackered team with little sharpness on goal, I can see an away win coming but this is a match which Tottenham need to take advantage of if Leicester field a weakened team so I expect a difficult contest.
Prediction: Tottenham 1-1 Leicester
Result: Tottenham 3-1 Leicester
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