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Leicester City Manchester United betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

The most likely scenario for this match is the existence of several goals. Manchester United presents a squad with several options of great quality, especially at the offensive level, with several very fast and strong players in 1x1. On the other hand, Leicester is a team that is going through a complicated phase in their stadium, however, they have a very competent offensive sector. That said, and taking these factors into account, risking in favor of goals is a good option.
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Preview
Leicester City and Manchester United face at King Power Stadium, in a match for the 15th round of the Premier League. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history favours the away team, since they have a record of 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium, on 26‑07‑2020, in a match for the Premier League, Manchester United won by (0‑2). The goals of the match were scored by J. Lingard (90' ) and Bruno Fernandes (71' ) for Manchester United. Although this is a match between 2nd and 3rd of the league table, it’s actually a match between the 10th best in home matches and the 1st best in away matches.

Analysis Leicester

The home team is currently in the 2nd position of the league, with 27 points won, after 9 wins and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Everton, by (0‑2). In the last match, they won in an away match against Tottenham Hotspur, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 18 points in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 7 conceded, against 9 points won at their stadium, with 9 goals scored and 10 conceded. For the league, Leicester City won 9 points out of 21 possible points, after 3 wins and 4 losses in the last 7 home matches. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only turned the score around in 2.

Leicester City heads into this match with a 0-2 victory against Tottenham, their second win in the last three Premier League matches: the team's goals were signed by Jamie Vardy and Toby Alderweireld (own goal). In this match against Manchester United, commander Brendan Rodgers should play in the usual 4-3-3 with James Maddison as the main organizer and creator of the offensive process. Striker Jamie Vardy is the top scorer for this Leicester City team with 11 goals scored. Out of this game are Daniel Amartey, Ricardo Pereira and Çaglar Söyüncü due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Kasper Schmeichel, Jonny Evans, Timothy Castagne, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, James Justin, Wesley Fofana, Youri Tielemans, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy.
Coach: B. Rodgers.

Analysis Man Utd

The away team is currently in the 3rd position of the league, with 26 points won, after 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Sheffield United, by (2‑3). In the last match, they won in a home match against Leeds United, by (6‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 18 points in away matches and 8 at their stadium, with 9 goals scored and 12 conceded at home, against 19 goals scored and 9 conceded in away matches. In their last match, for the League Cup, they got an away win against Everton by (0‑2).

In this competition, they have a sequence of 6 wins in the last away matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 28 of the last 31 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 3 of the last 13 matches for the Premier League, they have reached half‑time in front in 1 of those 3 matches and have held on to the lead in 2. In 13 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times but have turned the score around in 6. In the last 20 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 18 of their 45 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Manchester United comes to this match with a triumph, by 0-2, in the trip to Everton, advancing in this way to the next phase of the League Cup: the goals of the team were signed by Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial. In the last round of the Premier League, the visitors beat Leeds 6-2. In this match against Leicester City we should observe a visiting club organized in 4-3-3 with Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani being the most advanced men in the team. It should be noted that the visiting club exhibits great quality in maintaining ball possession and finishing. For this match, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be without Marcos Rojo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, both of whom have physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: David De Gea, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelöf, Eric Bailly, Fred, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes, Daniel James, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford.
Coach: E. ten Hag.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Leicester vs Man Utd match, on 26 December 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Over 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Leicester vs Man Utd on 26 December 2020 will be played at Leicester, King Power Stadium.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Leicester Man Utd match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Man Utd at with 67% of the tips.

 

Premier League - 2020/2021

  • 99% 380 / 383 Games

  • Home team wins 37.89%
  • Draws 21.84%
  • Away team wins 40.26%
  • Over 1.5 73.42%
  • Over 2.5 50%
  • Over 3.5 26.84%
  • Goals 1024
  • Goals /match 2.69
  • Goals /match home 1.35
  • Goals /match away 1.34
  • Both teams score 48.95%
  • Goals after 80' 14.75%
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