Leicester City vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th April 2023
The spotlight is on Leicester City and Bournemouth, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Saturday at King Power Stadium in the Premier League.
A victory is what is necessary for Leicester City to overtake Bournemouth in the Premier League table on Saturday. As they enter the match as favourites, this seems as an opportunity that is just too good to miss out on.
Leicester City scored 14 goals, conceded 18 and fought their way to zero clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Bournemouth are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded 16 times, an average of 1.6 per game. They managed two clean sheets in of these.
Bournemouth celebrated two wins against Leicester City in their most recent meetings, outclassing their next opponent by 2-1 and 4-1.
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Prediction
Leicester City Form
In their previous three outings, Leicester City drew 1-1 with Brentford, before losing 2-1 against Crystal Palace and 1-2 against Aston Villa. Leicester City only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded ten goals.
Bournemouth Form
In their previous three encounters, Bournemouth lost 3-0 against Aston Villa, won 2-1 against Fulham and lost 0-2 against Brighton. Bournemouth managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in three.
Bookmakers have Leicester City down as rather big favourites for the win, when Bournemouth arrive at King Power Stadium. While it might prove problematic, we still believe they will come through and deliver.
Leicester City won nine points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored ten and let in seven goals. Bournemouth recorded ten points following three wins from their last six games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored nine goals, but also conceded seven. Leicester City have a record of seven wins, four draws and 18 defeats in the Premier League this season. Bournemouth put seven wins, six draws and 16 defeats on the board in the Premier League.
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Stats
- Leicester have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
- Leicester have lost 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Leicester have lost the last 3 home matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Leicester have not won the last 6 matches in a row
- Leicester have not won 7 of the last 8 home matches
- Bournemouth have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches without scoring a goal
- Bournemouth have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Bournemouth have lost 9 of the last 10 away matches
- Bournemouth have conceded in 16 of the last 17 away matches
- Bournemouth have not won 11 of the last 12 away matches
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Squads
Leicester City Squad
Adam Sadler will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bournemouth from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):
Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/3), Danny Ward (0/26), Caglar Soyuncu (0/0), Daniel Amartey (0/19), Harry Souttar (0/9), James Justin (0/14), Jannik Vestergaard (0/0), Jonny Evans (0/10), Luke Thomas (0/11), Ricardo Pereira (1/7), Ryan Bertrand (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/6), Wout Faes (0/22), Boubakary Soumare (0/18), Dennis Praet (1/16), Harvey Barnes (10/27), James Maddison (9/22), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (2/27), Nampalys Mendy (1/15), Timothy Castagne (1/28), Wilfred Ndidi (0/20), Youri Tielemans (3/23), Jamie Vardy (1/28), Kelechi Iheanacho (3/22), Patson Daka (4/22), Tete (1/8).
Bournemouth Squad
Below is the full team squad of Bournemouth. The manager O'Neil will pick his starting XI against Leicester City from these players:
Darren Randolph (0/0), Mark Travers (0/11), Neto (0/19), Adam Smith (0/28), Ben Greenwood (0/0), Chris Mepham (0/21), Illia Zabarnyi (0/0), Jack Stacey (0/9), Jack Stephens (0/14), Jordan Zemura (0/19), Lloyd Kelly (0/14), Marcos Senesi (2/25), Matias Vina (0/4), Ryan Fredericks (0/12), Dango Ouattara (0/10), David Brooks (0/2), Hamed Traore (0/7), Jefferson Lerma (3/28), Joe Rothwell (0/13), Junior Stanislas (0/4), Lewis Cook (0/22), Marcus Tavernier (4/19), Philip Billing (6/28), Ryan Christie (1/23), Antoine Semenyo (0/8), Dominic Solanke (4/24), Jaidon Anthony (3/23), Kieffer Moore (4/21).
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Team News
Leicester City could have as many as eight players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand are missing from the squad, Leicester City will field against Bournemouththis coming Saturday.
Bournemouth have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Saturday against Leicester City. For instance, Bournemouth won't be able to field Adam Smith as he serves out a ban following too many cards.
Bournemouth need to do without Junior Stanislas, Ryan Fredericks, Marcus Tavernier, Neto and David Brooks, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Lineups
Leicester City vs Bournemouth H2H
Bournemouth got the better of Leicester City in their most recent meetings, as they first won 2-1, then 4-1. Neither side have been the dominant force in recent meetings between Leicester City and Bournemouth, as Bournemouth won four of the last ten Matches, while Leicester City won two matches of these ten encounters. The bookies have Bournemouth to win this match at best price odds of 7/2.
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Results
In the past ten matches between home side Leicester City and Bournemouth both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 3/4.
Leicester City vs Bournemouth Betting Tips
Harvey Barnes is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Bournemouth look to Philip Billing, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.
Leicester City claimed two wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing six. Bournemouth won one of their last 10 away games, as they also drew zero and lost nine of these matches. Bournemouth have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Leicester City managedtwo clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.
In the last ten encounters between Leicester City and Bournemouth over 2.5 goals came out four times, as Leicester City averaged 1.1 goals a game. Bournemouth scored an average of 1.4 goals in these, while both teams scored six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Leicester City’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 1.3 goals on the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Bournemouth, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.
