Huddersfield vs Leicester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th August 2023

Huddersfield will be taking on visiting team Leicester City at John Smith's Stadium in a Championship tie on Saturday.

Leicester City booked their first win of the season in the Championship as they claimed all three points in the opener.

It didn't take Leicester City long to book their first win of this brand new Championship season, as they claimed all three points in the opening round.

Huddersfield took down Leicester City in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

Huddersfield scored 17 times, conceded 12 and held on for three clean sheets in their last ten games.

Leicester City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of nine goals, and while Leicester City claimed five clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.9 goals per match.

Leicester City got the better of Huddersfield in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-0 and 2-1, respectively.

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Prediction

Huddersfield Form

In their last three matches, Huddersfield won 2-0 against Reading, before losing 3-1 against Plymouth and 2-3 to Middlesbrough. Huddersfield claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They also drew three and lost zero, as they scored ten and conceded five goals.

Leicester City would probably consider anything lower than a second place finish to be a disappointment. The visitors have one eye on a title challenge and know a good start is imperative.

Leicester City Form

Leicester City are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. West Ham got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Coventry got hammered in a 2-1 victory. Burton was the most recent victim in a 0-2 win for Leicester City. Leicester City won half their previous six away matches in the Championship, going undefeated as they drew three draws and lost none. They scored nine goals whilst conceding four.

A top half finish is the dream target for Huddersfield, although keeping their Championship status for another season has to be the priority.

Leicester City are favoured by the bookmakers, and while we are certain, Huddersfield is going to put up a fight, we believe the visitors will prevail in the end.

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Squads

Huddersfield Squad

Neil Warnock will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Leicester City from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Chris Maxwell (0/0), Jacob Chapman (0/0), Lee Nicholls (0/1), Ben Jackson (0/1), Loick Ayina (0/0), Matthew Pearson (0/1), Michal Helik (1/1), Oliver Turton (0/0), Rarmani Edmonds-Green (0/1), Thomas Edwards (0/0), Tom Lees (0/0), Yuta Nakayama (0/0), Aaron Rowe (0/0), Brahima Diarra (0/1), Brodie Spencer (0/0), Connor Mahoney (0/0), David Kasumu (0/0), Jaheim Headley (0/0), Jonathan Hogg (0/1), Kyle Hudlin (0/0), Scott High (0/0), Tom Adwar (0/0), Danny Ward (0/1), Jack Rudoni (0/1), Jordan Rhodes (0/0), Josh Koroma (0/1), Josh Ruffels (0/1), Kian Harratt (0/1), Kieran Phillips (0/0), Patrick Jones (0/1), Sorba Thomas (0/1).

Leicester City Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 43 year-old Leicester City manager Maresca will select his starting XI from these players:

Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/1), Callum Doyle (0/1), Conor Coady (0/0), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (0/0), Jannik Vestergaard (0/1), Luke Thomas (0/0), Ricardo Pereira (0/1), Victor Kristiansen (0/0), Wout Faes (0/1), Boubakary Soumare (0/0), Dennis Praet (0/1), Hamza Choudhury (0/1), Harry Winks (0/1), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (2/1), Marc Albrighton (0/0), Timothy Castagne (0/0), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (0/0), Wilfred Ndidi (0/1), Jamie Vardy (0/1), Kelechi Iheanacho (0/1), Patson Daka (0/0), Stephy Mavididi (0/0).

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Team News

Huddersfield might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Leicester City.

Oliver Turton, Yuta Nakayama, Patrick Jones and Matthew Pearson are all absent from the Huddersfield squad that faces Leicester City at John Smith's Stadium.

Leicester City are looking at six players missing out on their match this coming Saturday at John Smith's Stadium.

Names like Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Hamza Choudhury, James Justin and Ricardo Pereira most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Huddersfield.

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Lineups

Huddersfield vs Leicester City H2H

The most recent meeting between the two sides ended in a 0-2 triumph for Leicester, who are looking to stay on top on Saturday at John Smith's Stadium. No doubt, Huddersfield are planning a comeback, though. Leicester City won seven of the previous ten matches, with Huddersfield claiming one wins in these four encounters. The bookies have Leicester City to win this match at best price odds of 8/11.

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Results

In two of the previous four matches between Huddersfield and Leicester City both teams scored.

Huddersfield vs Leicester City Betting Tips

As the new Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Huddersfield and Leicester City this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Huddersfield claimed five wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing two. Leicester City won two of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost five of these matches. It is a little hit-and-miss, whether home matches for Huddersfield go over or under 2.5 goals. Over 2.5 happened five times in their last 10 at John Smith's Stadium. It came out four times in 10 league matches away for Leicester City.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous four encounters between Huddersfield and Leicester City, as Huddersfield scored 0.5 goals on average per game and Leicester City averaging three goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches. Huddersfield saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 3.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Leicester City, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.