Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City Prediction, Preview, Predicted Lineups and Team News | Premier League, January 26, 2025

Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City Preview

• Tournament: Premier League
• Date: Sunday, January 26
• Kick-off Time: 2:00 pm GMT
• Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

Matchday 23 of the 2024/25 Premier League season will include Tottenham Hotspur welcoming Leicester City at the magnificent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday evening. Tottenham Hotspur has endured a challenging season so far with just 24 points from 22 matches. Leicester City, on the other hand, is down in the relegation zone, in 19th with 14 points in the bag. The Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City fixture is renowned for producing some high-scoring encounters. Robert Jones will take up the duty of officiating the contest.

Inconsistencies and mixed results have marked the recent matches of Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have collected three victories and three defeats in the last six matches, which is enough to paint a picture of how the season has fared for the London outfit.

Scoring goals has not been a problem for Ange Postecoglou with 2.0 goals per match in the Premier League. However, Tottenham has also conceded 1.6 goals per 90 minutes with only four clean sheets in the league. Spurs still have the League Cup and the Europa League to look forward to which might result in silverware. James Maddison and Heung-Min Son are the most creative and the most clinical individuals for the club this season.

Leicester City’s latest form has been atrocious. In the last six games, the Foxes have managed just a solitary victory to go with five defeats. The sole victory came in the FA Cup against Queens Park Rangers. During this period, Leicester has scored eight goals and conceded 11.

It was never going to be an easy task for Leicester this season, having gained promotion back to the top tier last year. Another season in the Premier League looks like an unrealistic objective at the moment. Leicester ranks severely low in various metrics in the league including the lowest clean sheet tally (one), only 21.6 xG, and an average of just one goal scored per game. Jamie Vardy is the top goalscorer for Leicester, having scored six Premier League strikes.

Tottenham Hotspur Team News

Ange Postecoglou has had to deal with consistent injury woes this season. For the game against Leicester City, Brennan Johnson, Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie, Micky Van de Ven, Timo Werner, Yves Bissouma, Dominic Solanke, Guglielmo Vicario, Pape Sarr, and Wilson Odobert will form a remarkably long injury list.

Leicester City Team News

Four key players will not travel with the rest of the squad to London for the matchday 23 fixture. Abdul Fatawu, Mads Hermansen, Wilfred Ndidi, and Ricardo Pereira are all ruled out due to respective injury woes—Leicester’s head coach, Ruud van Nistelrooy will field his XI in the very popular 4-2-3-1 shape.

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City Predicted Lineups

Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup (3-4-3)

Goalkeeper: Kinsky

Defenders: Gray, Dragusin, Davies

Midfielders: Porro, Bentancur, Bergvall, Spence

Forwards: Kulusevski, Son, Maddison

Leicester City Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Stolarczyk

Defenders: Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen

Midfielders: Winks, Soumare, El Khannous

Forwards: Ayew, Mavididi, Vardy

Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City H2H Record

Overall, in the last five head-to-head meetings between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, three games have gone in favour of the former while Leicester has won just a single match. The last contest between the two ended in a 1-1 draw in August 2024.

Key Players to Watch in Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City

James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur)

Sunday will be a special occasion for James Maddison. He will be up against his former club, Leicester City. It was at Leicester where Maddison earned the world’s attention and became one of the most sought-after midfielders in the world.

Surprisingly, he has been the top scorer for Tottenham this season in the league with eight goals. He has just 0.3 xG in his last five games and an average pass completion rate of 81.46%. James Maddison is one of the most technically gifted players in the world with a sharp eye for the goal.

Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Whenever a football supporter thinks of Leicester City, the first name that comes into mind is that of Jamie Vardy. The Englishman has been a part of the camp since the days of the club fighting relegation to the historic Premier League triumph to its current state of transition.

Vardy can expect to receive a plethora of chances on Sunday owing to Spurs’ high backline. He has six goals in the league this season with an xG of 2.6 in his last five outings.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City Prediction

Tottenham Hotspur will not be pleased or satisfied with how the contests against the lesser-ranked teams have played out. Despite that, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where the hosts do not annihilate Leicester on Sunday afternoon.

Predicted Score: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Leicester City

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