Leicester City vs Blackburn Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2023

The FA Cup game at King Power Stadium on Tuesday will see visitors Blackburn facing home side Leicester City.

Leicester City have their target aimed at getting one over Blackburn on Tuesday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at King Power Stadium.

Leicester City enter their next FA Cup match, averaging a decent two goals per game in their last ten matches, where they pulled off 20 goals, while also conceding seven times. That amounts to an average of 0.7 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Blackburn hit the target 11 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.1 goals a game. They conceded 1.4 goals per match for a total of 14 goals, while claiming three clean sheets as well.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Blackburn came away as 1-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Tuesday.

Leicester City vs Blackburn Prediction

Leicester City Form

Leicester City managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 4-1 victory against Tottenham. They went on to lose 3-0 against Manchester United, before getting dumped in a 0-1 defeat against Arsenal. In their last six FA Cup home matches, Leicester City racked up five strong wins, but no draws as they lost once. They scored ten and conceded three goals.

Blackburn Form

Blackburn look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Swansea, who were defeated by 1-0. Then, Blackpool got outclassed in a 1-0 win, before beating Queens P.R. by 1-3. Blackburn managed a decent return of three wins in their last six FA Cup away matches, in which they scored seven while also conceding six times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Leicester City need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Leicester City vs Blackburn Squads

Leicester City Squad

The 50-year-old coach of the home team, Brendan Rodgers, will select the lineup against Blackburn from this squad:

Alex Smithies, Daniel Iversen, Danny Ward, Caglar Soyuncu, Daniel Amartey, Harry Souttar, James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard, Jonny Evans, Luke Thomas, Ricardo Pereira, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Kristiansen, Wout Faes, Boubakary Soumare, Dennis Praet, Harvey Barnes, James Maddison, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Nampalys Mendy, Timothy Castagne, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Tete.

Blackburn Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Blackburn head coach Tomasson will select from for his starting XI:

Adam Wharton, Aidan Dowling, Ashley Phillips, Aynsley Pears, Ben Brereton, Bradley Dack, Callum Brittain, Clinton Mola, Dan Pike, Daniel Ayala, Dominic Hyam, Ethan Walker, Harry Pickering, Hayden Carter, Jack Vale, Jake Garrett, Joe Rankin-Costello, John Buckley, Jordan Eastham, Lewis Travis, Ryan Hedges, Sam Gallagher, Sammie Szmodics, Scott Wharton, Sorba Thomas, Tayo Edun, Thomas Kaminski, Tyler Morton, Tyrhys Dolan.

Leicester City vs Blackburn Team News

Leicester City are sweating on the fitness of no less than eight players before their match this coming Tuesday.

Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand are all absent from the Leicester City squad that faces Blackburn at King Power Stadium.

Blackburn have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Tuesday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Jake Garrett is suspended from the Blackburn squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Callum Brittain won't be travelling with Blackburn this time, as he nurses an injury.

Leicester City vs Blackburn Lineups

Leicester City vs Blackburn H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Blackburn came away as 1-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Tuesday.

Leicester City vs Blackburn Results

Leicester City vs Blackburn Betting Tips

Kelechi Iheanacho has been great for Leicester City lately, hitting the target four times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Blackburn are optimistic that Daniel Ayala doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.

Leicester City claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing four. Blackburn won four of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost three of the games in this run. Leicester City scored the first opening goal of the match a modest two times in their 10 previous matches at King Power Stadium. Blackburn scored the opener in six of their 10 most recent outings away.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in four of Leicester City’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.2 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Blackburn's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches.