Leicester City vs Bristol City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd September 2023

Leicester City enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bristol City swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Leicester City are chasing the first place in the Championship after collecting 18 points from their initial seven encounters. Bristol City trail them on 12 points after seven rounds, sitting as number 7 in the table.

Going into the match as underdog, Leicester City will be highly motivated to keep their positive run going against Bristol City. A positive result at this coming Saturday certainly does not look beyond their powers.

Leicester City scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing five goals against. This is an average of 0.5 goals against per match with five clean sheets along the way.

Bristol City hit the target 14 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.4 goals a game. They conceded 0.9 goals per match for a total of nine goals, while claiming three clean sheets as well.

Leicester City won the last two meetings against Bristol City, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 4-0 score.

Leicester City vs Bristol City Prediction

Leicester City Form

In the previous three matches, Leicester City lost 0-1 against Hull, beat Southampton by 1-4 and won 0-2 against Norwich. Leicester City managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They drew none though, while losing twice in this series. They scored seven goals and conceded seven times.

Bristol City Form

Bristol City look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Swansea by 1-2, before drawing 0-0 with West Bromwich. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Plymouth by a 4-1 scoreline. Bristol City won half their previous six away matches in the Championship, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored six goals whilst conceding five.

Bookmakers have Leicester City down as rather big favourites for the win against Bristol City. While it might prove a bit more troublesome than odds suggest, we find it equally tempting to side with the hosts.

Leicester City have taken six points from their last three games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of four goals to two. Bristol City fought their way to zero wins and two points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in two goals. Leicester City have a record of six wins, zero draws and one defeat in the Championship this season. Bristol City are looking at three wins, three draws and one defeat in the Championship.

Leicester City vs Bristol City Squads

Leicester City Squad

Maresca will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bristol City from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/6), Callum Doyle (0/7), Conor Coady (0/0), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (0/3), Jannik Vestergaard (0/7), Ricardo Pereira (0/6), Wout Faes (0/6), Cesare Casadei (1/5), Dennis Praet (0/2), Hamza Choudhury (0/5), Harry Winks (0/7), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (2/7), Marc Albrighton (0/2), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (1/2), Wilfred Ndidi (1/7), Abdul Issahaku (0/0), Jamie Vardy (1/7), Kelechi Iheanacho (1/7), Patson Daka (0/0), Stephy Mavididi (2/7), Thomas Cannon (0/0), Yunus Akgun (0/3).

Bristol City Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 60 year-old Bristol City manager Pearson will select his starting XI from these players:

Harvey Wiles-Richards (0/0), Max O'Leary (0/7), Stefan Bajic (0/0), Cameron Pring (0/7), Haydon Roberts (0/5), Rob Dickie (0/5), Robert Atkinson (0/0), Ross McCrorie (0/0), Zak Vyner (0/7), Andy King (0/2), Anis Mehmeti (0/4), Ayman Benarous (0/0), Duncan Idehen (0/0), Jason Knight (0/7), Joe Williams (0/7), Mark Sykes (2/7), Matthew James (2/7), Andreas Weimann (0/2), Ephraim Yeboah (0/0), George Tanner (0/7), Harry Cornick (1/7), Kal Naismith (0/6), Nahki Wells (1/7), Omar Taylor-Clarke (0/0), Raekwon Nelson (0/0), Samuel Bell (3/7), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (0/0), Tommy Conway (0/1).

Leicester City vs Bristol City Team News

Leicester City seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Saturday.

Thomas Cannon and Dennis Praet take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Leicester City, when they face Bristol City this coming Saturday.

Before their next match against Leicester City, Bristol City have four players on their list of injured and absent on Saturday.

Names like Tommy Conway, Ross McCrorie, Robert Atkinson and Ayman Benarous most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Leicester City.

Leicester City vs Bristol City Lineups

Leicester City vs Bristol City H2H

Leicester City beat Bristol City in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 2-0 win with a 4-0 victory. Leicester City outclassed Bristol City in their latest encounter, when they claimed a 4-0 win. The bookies have Leicester City to win this match at best price odds of 8/11.

Leicester City vs Bristol City Results

Of the last ten encounters between Leicester City Bristol City over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 8/11 with bookies.

Leicester City vs Bristol City Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Stephy Mavididi, who is performing well for Leicester City. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Championship outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Bristol City.The visitors will be looking to Matthew James to find the net once again, after managing two Championship goals for Bristol City in recent matches.

Leicester City claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Bristol City won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at King Power Stadium since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Leicester City. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Bristol City.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Leicester City managed an average of 1.5 goals, with Bristol City averaging 1.2 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in five of Leicester City’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.7 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Bristol City's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals in these matches.