29/01/2019

Liverpool v Leicester | Opposition Preview

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By Lewis Thompson Twitter – @LewisThomps0nThe FA Cup weekend is over, and Liverpool have landed back in Merseyside after a short trip to Dubai as their preparations continue for tomorrow night’s match against Leicester City at Anfield, in yet another must win game for the Reds.Liverpool have won four of their last five games against Leicester in the Premier League with Liverpool winning the most recent fixture in a 2-1 win at the King Power stadium, which saw Bobby Firmino and Sadio Mane help the Reds to put over The Foxes. Leicester City are on a poor run of form in the Premier League as they have only won two of their last five games. The Foxes have picked up defeats to two of the newly promoted sides, Wolves and Cardiff and also got beat by Southampton in their last five. Although Claude Puel does have a decent record against the league’s top teams as Leicester beat Manchester City back on boxing day in a 2-1 win and won 1-0 four days before against Chelsea. Leicester are currently in 9^th place in the Premier League with 32 points.Harry Maguire is set to be back and fit for the game after he limped off injured in their 4-3 defeat to Wolves. Puel made comments on Maguire saying “Harry is match fit, he will be present. This leaves Daniel Amartey as the only current injured player for The Foxes as he is still suffering with a broken ankle. There are no current suspensions for Leicester City.Now onto my predicted line-up for the game I feel Puel will start the game with a 4-2-3-1. Danish goalkeeper Casper Schmeichel is likely to start between the sticks. I feel Leicester will go with a back four of Simpson at right back, Morgan and Maguire at centre back and Chilwell at left back. I feel Leicester will start the game with Mendy and Ndidi as defensive midfielders. Then the three attackers behind the striker I believe will be Gray out on the left, Maddison through the middle and Pereira out on the right. Then of course this leaves Jamie Vardy as the man up top who has scored a total of seven goals against Liverpool with only Andy Cole and Thierry Henry having scored more against The Reds.

This is another huge game for Klopp’s men, another must win. I think it will be a very tight and difficult game, however, I still feel we have the ability, even with our massive amount of injuries, to get the win against Leicester. I’m going to go with a 3-1 win to Liverpool with Salah scoring two and Mane also getting a goal. Tell me how you think the match will go, COME ON YOU F*CKING REDS!! By Lewis ThompsonTwitter – @LewisThomps0n