Kick-off: 1945, 03/01/2023
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Leicester faced a tough return to action after the World Cup break but now begin a crucial run of Premier League fixtures when hosting Fulham.
The Foxes also take on Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Aston Villa in the next few weeks and really do need to build up some momentum.
City get the nod to prevail at 6/5 in our first Leicester vs Fulham prediction.
Leicester City Odds
Leicester signed off for Qatar 2022 with four wins from five top-flight fixtures but were off the pace when resuming with a 3-0 home loss to Newcastle.
However, there was a lot more to like about their 2-1 defeat at Liverpool, when the unfortunate Wout Faes scored two own goals.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had fired the Foxes into an early lead and they had chances to extend their advantage before a freak equaliser.
“The game worked out perfectly how we wanted to start,” said Brendan Rodgers. “We scored a really good goal and looked really dynamic.
“But the (two own goals in) seven minutes you can’t plan for, especially the first one.
“In the second half, we kept pushing and got into some really good areas, the only criticism is the final pass.”
This is a chance for City to get back on track and Rodgers will be keen to ensure they don’t let it slip.
Harvey Barnes is having a good campaign, scoring six league goals, and 3/1 for him to net in a home win appeals from the Leicester vs Fulham odds.
Last Leicester line-up: Ward, Faes, Amartey, Castagne, Thomas, Barnes, Perez, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndidi, Soumare, Daka.
Patson Daka is expected to join Leicester’s already considerable injury list after suffering a hamstring problem at Liverpool. James Maddison is still out with a knee injury, while Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand also remain out.
Fulham Odds
Fulham obviously can’t be underestimated after back-to-back wins over Crystal Palace and Southampton left them seventh in the table.
Against Saints, Andreas Pereira’s deflected shot was cancelled out by a superb James Ward-Prowse free-kick but Joao Palhinha’s late header secured a 2-1 success.
Aleksandar Mitrovic missed a stoppage-time penalty but manager Marco Silva said: “It’s a big three points for us from a tough match.
“We expected a tough match, we know their capacity, they have good players who can punish you.
“But we have finished an amazing 2022 for us. A year that has been special for us and our fans.
“I believe we deserved the three points, even if it wasn’t our best performance. It was our moment to have a late goal to decide the game.”
Silva admitted that the target remains just to stay up, though, and it is hard not to feel Fulham are punching above their weight.
The Cottagers have tasted defeat on four road trips this term, but managed to grab a consolation goal each time.
Let’s add 31/4 for them to go down 2-1 here to our Leicester vs Fulham betting tips.
Last Fulham line-up: Leno, Tete, Ream, Diop, Robinson, Reed, Decordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Palhinha, Mitrovic.
Silva says he feels Mitrovic’s foot issue, which has not prevented him from playing, is “getting better”, while Layvin Kurzawa and Manor Solomon could be in contention to make the match-day squad soon as they work their way to fitness.
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