Leicester City and Liverpool will take on on Tuesday the 28th of December at 8:00 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Leicester at the King Power Stadium. The referee will be Andre Marriner.
Leicester City is in the 9th position in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Liverpool sits in the 2nd position in the standings with 41 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 12 times, draw 5 times, and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leicester City
Leicester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: K. Schmeichel, L. Thomas, T. Castagne, O. Ndidi, B. Soumaré, K. Dewsbury-Hall, Y. Tielemans, J. Maddison, H. Barnes and J. Vardy.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Leicester City would be 26.44.
There are doubts about the presence of D. Amartey.
Brendan Rodgers will probably not be able to employ F. Benković, J. Evans, R. Barbosa Pereira, C. Söyüncü, H. Choudhury and K. Iheanacho because of injury.
W. Fofana and J. Justin will definitely miss the match.
Liverpool
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (18 times).
Jürgen Klopp is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: A. Becker, K. Tsimikas, I. Konaté, J. Job Matip, T. Alexander-Arnold, T. Morton, J. Henderson, T. Minamino, S. Mané, M. Salah Ghaly and R. Firmino.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Liverpool would be 26.64.
Jürgen Klopp will probably not be able to employ V. van Dijk and C. Jones because of injury.
A. San Miguel del Castillo, N. Phillips, T. Alcântara do Nascimento, H. Elliot and D. Okoth Origi will definitely miss the match.
Jürgen Klopp will not be able to have the presence of A. Robertson who is suspended.
