Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion will face on Sunday the 23rd of January at 2:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Leicester at the King Power Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Martin Atkinson.
Leicester City sits in the 11th position in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 9th place in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 11 times, and lost 4 times.
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 36.84%).
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), 3-5-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: K. Schmeichel, J. Vestergaard, C. Söyüncü, J. Justin, H. Choudhury, L. Thomas, Y. Tielemans, H. Barnes, K. Dewsbury-Hall, J. Maddison and A. Lookman.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Leicester City would be 26.50.
R. Bertrand, T. Castagne, J. Evans, W. Fofana, O. Ndidi, R. Barbosa Pereira, D. Amartey, K. Iheanacho and J. Vardy will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 23.81%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, A. Webster, D. Burn, J. Veltman, M. Cucurella, P. Groß, T. Lamptey, A. Mac Allister, J. Moder, L. Trossard and N. Maupay.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.36.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ L. Dunk because of injury.
J. Steele, S. Duffy, Y. Bissouma, A. Lallana, E. Mwepu and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.