Leicester City vs Leeds United: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :November 1, 2023 at 1:10 PM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 12:52 AM

Interestingly the Peacocks have lost only thrice and all were away games

The Foxes are in unmatched form in the entire EFL Championship apart from Kieran McKenna’s second-placed Ipswich Town. As they are set to host Leeds United on a Friday night, Leicester City are comfortably sitting 14 points above the visitors who are in third position themselves. The current league leaders can complete 10 consecutive league game wins if they conquer Leeds at home.

Leeds United‘s season is also going very well at the moment. Just 3 defeats in the face of 14 league games. This game gives a good opportunity to Daniel Farke’s side as they will want to reduce the gap between them and the league leaders, The Foxes. An away win will dampen the current gap of 14 from the top to 11 points.

Kick-Off:

Friday, 3 November 2023 at 8:00 PM UK

Saturday, 4 November 2023 at 1:30 AM IST

Location: King Power Stadium

Form

Leicester City (in all competitions): W-W-W-W-W

Leeds United (in all competitions): W-L-W-W-W

Players to Watch

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City)

The central midfielder from The Foxes side leads the assists chart of the 2023-24 EFL Championship currently. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has 6 assists in the second tier of English football and is tied with Ipswich Town’s Leif Davis. Dewsbury-Hall has also scored 5 goals in the league after 14 games played.

Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United)

The Peacocks have Crysencio Summerville in strong contention to compete for the Golden Boot award. He would love to add to his 6 goals and get closer to Sunderland’s Jack Clarke. Clarke is on 9 goals and leads the goalscoring chart. Summerville is a crucial player for the Leeds side. In just 11 league appearances, the 22-year-old has been involved directly in 10 goals.

Match Facts

The Foxes have just missed out on three points from a possible 42 in 14 EFL Championship games
All the three defeats that Leeds United have endured by now have been on the road
After 14 league games played each, Leeds United have conceded almost double the number of goals Leicester did

Injury & Team News

For The Foxes, Kasey McAteer successfully returned and made a substitute appearance against Queens Park Rangers. Similarly, chances are high for summer signing Yunus Akgun to be back in action this Friday. The 23-year-old Turkey international plays as a right winger. The absentees will be midfielder Dennis Praet, forward Thomas Cannon and defender Callum Doyle.

The away side has a few concerns in the full-back position. Stuart Dallas is sidelined alongside Junior Firpo and Djed Spence, making the number of available players for this position quite thin. Leeds United boss Daniel Farke also made it clear that the three players – Joe Rodon, Crysencio Summerville and Sam Bryam, taken off last game don’t have any major concerns and will be available.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 38

Leicester City wins – 19

Leeds United wins – 10

Draws – 9

Predicted Lineup

Leicester City predicted lineup (4-3-3):

Hermansen (GK); Choudhury, Coady, Vestergaard, Justin; Casadei, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall; Akgun, Vardy, Mavididi

Leeds United predicted lineup (4-2-3-1):

Meslier (GK); Shackleton, Rodon, Struijk, Byram; Kamara, Ampadu; James, Piroe, Summerville; Rutter

Match Prediction for Leicester City vs Leeds United

Leeds United are in good form winning four games of the last five. They scored 4 goals past Huddersfield Town last game also. But the problem has been away games. All three league defeats this season Peacocks suffered have been on the road. And with the spectacular Leicester City side being the hosts, it could mean another unfortunate away defeat for Daniel Farke’s United.

Prediction: Leicester City 2-1 Leeds United

Telecast for Leicester City vs Leeds United

India – FanCode

UK – Sky Sports

US – ESPN+

Nigeria – Supersport, ESPN Africa, Sporty

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