Brentford vs Leicester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th March 2023

Brentford come up against visiting side Leicester City on Saturday at Gtech Community Stadium in a Premier League fixture.

Brentford approach round 28 as number eight in the Premier League table with 41 points on their account so far. With 26 rounds behind them, Leicester City have amassed 24 points, placing them as number 16 in the standings.

Performances have been rather abysmal for Leicester City, who will be eyeing a chance of redemption when going up against Brentford.

Brentford average 1.7 goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 17 times. They conceded six goals or an average of 0.6 per game, with five clean sheets along the way.

Leicester City hit the target 12 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.2 goals a game. They conceded 1.8 goals per match for a total of 18 goals, while claiming zero clean sheets as well.

The most recent outing between Brentford and Leicester City ended up a 2-2 draw. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5.

Brentford vs Leicester City Prediction

Brentford Form

Brentford beat Fulham by 3-2, lost 1-0 against Everton, before defeating Southampton 0-2. Brentford won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Premier League, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 12 goals and conceded six times.

Leicester City Form

Leicester City endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-2 by Blackburn, before Southampton ran out 1-0 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Chelsea, who came out 1-3 winners. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Leicester City won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying ten goals conceded and seven scored.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, Brentford get the nod here against Leicester City.

Brentford took 23 points from their last 15 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 22 times and conceding 15. Leicester City claimed one wins and five points from their last 15 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring 17 goals to 37 against. Brentford have a record of ten wins, 11 draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester City so far pulled off seven wins, three draws and 16 defeats in the Premier League.

Brentford vs Leicester City Squads

Brentford Squad

The 49-year-old Brentford manager, Thomas Frank, will select the lineup against Leicester City from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Premier League this season):

David Raya (0/26), Thomas Strakosha (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/14), Ben Mee (3/25), Ethan Pinnock (1/18), Fin Stevens (0/0), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/9), Mads Roerslev (0/15), Mathias Joergensen (0/13), Pontus Jansson (0/8), Rico Henry (0/25), Bryan Mbeumo (5/26), Christian Noergaard (1/16), Frank Onyeka (0/14), Joshua Dasilva (3/25), Mathias Jensen (4/26), Mikkel Damsgaard (0/15), Shandon Baptiste (0/13), Vitaly Janelt (3/26), Yoane Wissa (5/26), Ivan Toney (16/24), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/10), Kevin Schade (0/7), Nathan Young-Coombes (0/0), Saman Ghoddos (0/10).

Leicester City Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Leicester City head coach Rodgers will select from for his starting XI:

Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/26), Caglar Soyuncu (0/0), Daniel Amartey (0/18), Harry Souttar (0/6), James Justin (0/14), Jannik Vestergaard (0/0), Jonny Evans (0/10), Luke Thomas (0/10), Ricardo Pereira (0/4), Ryan Bertrand (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/4), Wout Faes (0/20), Boubakary Soumare (0/17), Dennis Praet (1/15), Harvey Barnes (8/24), James Maddison (9/19), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (2/24), Nampalys Mendy (1/14), Timothy Castagne (1/25), Wilfred Ndidi (0/17), Youri Tielemans (3/23), Jamie Vardy (1/26), Kelechi Iheanacho (3/20), Patson Daka (4/19), Tete (1/6).

Brentford vs Leicester City Team News

Brentford could have up to five missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Leicester City this coming Saturday.

Pontus Jansson, Ivan Toney, Frank Onyeka, Shandon Baptiste and Aaron Hickey nurses various injuries and won't take part for Brentford against Leicester City at Gtech Community Stadium.

Leicester City could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as eight players are nursing various problems.

Names like Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Brentford.

Brentford vs Leicester City Lineups

Brentford vs Leicester City H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday? Brentford picked up zero wins in their previous five matches against Leicester City, while the latter claimed four wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

Brentford vs Leicester City Results

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between Brentford and Leicester City.

Brentford vs Leicester City Betting Tips

Ivan Toney enjoys a great season with 16 league goals to his name, and he will be a handful for even the best of defences.

Brentford won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing four and losing two as well. Leicester City won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost five in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Gtech Community Stadium since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Brentford. The same occurred in two of the last 10 league games away from home for Leicester City.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous three encounters between Brentford and Leicester City, as Brentford scored 1.33 goals on average per game and Leicester City averaging 2.01 goals. Both teams scored in three times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Brentford’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Leicester City's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.