Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Sreya

Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur – Leicester City hosts Tottenham Hotspur at the King Power Stadium on 18th May, Thursday in their penultimate English Premier League fixture of the season.

Leicester City are eleventh in the league standings with forty-three points and have won just two of their last six games. Tottenham Hotspur, on the other hand, are second in the league standings with eighty points.

Tottenham Hotspur won their previous game against Manchester United and would love to finish the season on a high, in spite of not winning any silverware this season.

Team News

Molla Wague, Nampalys Mendy and Daniel Drinkwater are sidelined through injuries for Leicester City while Erik Lamela, Harry Winks, Danny Rose and Cameron Carter-Vickers miss out for Tottenham.

Leicester City Possible Starting Lineup: Peter Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Ben Chilwell, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfried Ndidi, Daniel Amartey, Demarai Gray, Islam Slimani, Jamie Vardy.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Lineup: Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies, Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembele, Son Heung-Min, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane.

“It’s been a really good season. Obviously, we’re all disappointed not to finish first but it’s an improvement on last season and now we have to make sure we keep going and hopefully next season, you never know.”

– Delle Ali, Tottenham Hotspur.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in three draws and one win for either side.

While Tottenham have won ten of their last eleven matches in the Premier League, Leicester City have won their last five home matches in the league.

Leicester have kept a clean sheet in their last three home games but the Tottenham Hotspur strikeforce is in a prolific form. It should be a closely contested affair but Tottenham Hotspur are likely to win 2-1 tonight.