Leicester City and Leeds United are going to face off on Saturday the 5th of March at 12:30 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Leicester at the King Power Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by David Coote.
Leicester City occupies the 12th place in the table with 30 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 6 times, and lost 10 times.
Leeds United is in the 16th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 0-4 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 8 times, and lost 12 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 (9 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (6 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 Leeds United with the following players: K. Schmeichel, L. Thomas, C. Söyüncü, D. Amartey, Y. Tielemans, K. Dewsbury-Hall, O. Ndidi, J. Maddison, M. Albrighton, H. Barnes and P. Daka.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Leicester City would be 27.30.
Brendan Rodgers will probably not be able to employ R. Barbosa Pereira because of injury.
R. Bertrand, T. Castagne, J. Evans, W. Fofana and J. Justin will definitely miss the match.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 36.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Jesse Marsch is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: I. Meslier, H. Firpo Adames, P. Struijk, L. Ayling, M. Klich, A. Forshaw, J. Harrison, S. Dallas, R. Dias Belloli, R. Moreno Machado and D. James.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Leeds United would be 27.64.
Jesse Marsch will probably not be able to employ D. Llorente Ríos and P. Bamford because of injury.
L. Cooper, L. Hjelde and K. Phillips will definitely miss the match.