On Monday night, from 17:30, Leicester and Fulham meet at King Power Stadium, in the 10th round of the Premier League. Obviously, Brendan Rodgers’ “foxes” have the first chance to win, but there are no easy matches in the English first league. So the odds move should come as no surprise to us: Fulham are not a surefire casualty in the Midlands!
Leicester comes after a spectacular match in Braga, in the UEFA Europa League groups. It was 3-3 in Portugal, where the English scored through Barnes (‘9), Thomas (’79) and Vardy (’90 +5) – an intense physical effort.
Rodgers’ goal scorer saved a point for Leicester, after Fransergio had made it 3-2 for Braga, in the 90 + 1 minute! The show, however, came with medical problems in the group of “foxes”. Lately, the white-blues received a goal easily, as it happened in the failure suffered on Liverpool’s field, score 0-3 at Anfield. Fulham appear in a slight increase in form in the league, despite modest results.
Fulham held well last stage, against Everton (2-3), where only the individual value of Carlo Ancelotti’s students made the difference on the table. Statistically, Fulham was superior in many respects, and the English press reported that the failure of the “candies” was “somewhat undeserved.”
Fulham also comes after failures in the matches with West Ham (0-1) and Crystal Palace (1-2), but in each of these games we could have seen equal results. Overall, it is clear that it will not be long before the black and whites start to surprise in the difficult moves in the Premier League. Scott Parker enjoys a lot of credit on the newly promoted bank, which is struggling hard to demote. Physically, his team is not bad at all, and there are talented players in the London offensive.
Fulham cannot count on Kongolo, Onomah and Tete on Sunday, while Brendan Rodgers has important defensive absences: Amartey, Ndidi, Soyuncu, Castagne and Pereira have medical problems. If Leicester will not make their first match of the first half, there are good chances of surprise.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Ward, Jakupovic, Justin, Fuchs, Morgan, Evans, Thomas, Fofana, Choudhury, Tielemans, Mendy, Praet, Albrighton, Gray, Maddison, Barnes, Under, Perez, Vardy, Iheanacho.
Coach: Brendan Rodgers
Fulham: Areola, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Robinson, Aina, Cairney, Reed, Zambo, Mitrovic, Reid, Lookman, Rodak, Hector, Ream, Bryan, Kebano, Loftus-Cheek, Cavaleiro, Lemina, Kamara.
Coach: Scott Parker
The host team has won 4 of the last 5 direct duels;
They have scored both teams in the last 6 direct duels;
Fulham have only one victory in the last 9 official matches, in all competitions;
Leicester have had only one defeat in the last 8 official matches;
At least three goals have been scored in 5 of Leicester’s last 6 matches;
PREDICTION: Leicester to win @ 1,56
