Leicester City vs Everton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st May 2023

Both Leicester City and Everton need points to escape their current position at the relegation-end of the Premier League table. The match takes place at King Power Stadium and could be labelled a serious six-pointer.

Leicester City came away with three points from the latest encounter with Everton. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Monday.

Leicester City have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 16 goals, or 1.6 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Everton are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded 20 times, an average of two per game. They managed two clean sheets in of these.

Everton were knocked out cold when Leicester City took a 2-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 2-1 defeat, Everton handed out in the game before.

Leicester City vs Everton Prediction

Leicester City Form

Leicester City have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. Against Manchester City, they came out empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-1 win against Wolverhampton. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Leeds. Leicester City claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew zero and lost four, scored eight goals and conceded nine.

Everton Form

Everton were only able to take one point from their past three games. They came up short in a 1-3 defeat against Fulham before drawing 0-0 with Crystal Palace. They were defeated once again, when Newcastle ran out 1-4 winners. Everton came through their last six away games in the Premier League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew three and lost three in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to four.

Leicester City find it tough these days to get a goal in, but Everton are equally lacklustre in front of goal currently, and going with under 2.5 goals in the betting market is the obvious choice.

Leicester City won 13 points from their last eight encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won four, scored 12 and let in six goals. Everton earned 12 points from their last nine games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored nine goals in those matches, but also allowed 11 goals against on their way to three wins. Leicester City show off a record of eight wins, five draws and 20 defeats in the Premier League this season. Everton show off six wins, ten draws and 17 defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester City vs Everton Stats

Leicester City vs Everton Squads

Leicester City Squad

The 52-year-old Smith will select the starting eleven against Everton from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/7), Danny Ward (0/26), Caglar Soyuncu (0/0), Daniel Amartey (0/20), Harry Souttar (0/10), James Justin (0/14), Jannik Vestergaard (0/0), Jonny Evans (0/10), Luke Thomas (0/12), Ricardo Pereira (1/8), Ryan Bertrand (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/10), Wout Faes (0/26), Boubakary Soumare (0/21), Dennis Praet (1/20), Harvey Barnes (10/29), James Maddison (9/25), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (2/29), Nampalys Mendy (1/17), Timothy Castagne (2/32), Wilfred Ndidi (0/23), Youri Tielemans (3/26), Jamie Vardy (2/32), Kelechi Iheanacho (5/26), Patson Daka (4/26), Tete (1/11).

Everton Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 51 year-old Everton manager Dyche will select his starting XI from these players:

Andy Lonergan (0/0), Asmir Begovic (0/1), Jordan Pickford (0/32), Ben Godfrey (0/13), Conor Coady (1/22), James Tarkowski (1/33), Mason Holgate (0/6), Michael Keane (1/10), Nathan Patterson (0/15), Ruben Vinagre (0/2), Seamus Coleman (1/22), Vitalii Mykolenko (0/32), Yerry Mina (1/3), Abdoulaye Doucoure (2/20), Amadou Onana (1/29), Andros Townsend (0/0), Dwight McNeil (5/31), Idrissa Gana Gueye (0/28), James Garner (0/11), Tom Davies (0/19), Alex Iwobi (1/33), Demarai Gray (4/30), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (1/13), Ellis Simms (1/10), Neal Maupay (1/24).

Leicester City vs Everton Team News

Leicester City could have as many as eight players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Everton on Monday.

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 Everton at King Power Stadium.

Everton are juggling with five absent players on this coming Monday when travelling to Leicester City.

Everton need to do without Alex Iwobi, Nathan Patterson, Michael Keane, James Garner and Andros Townsend, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester City vs Everton Lineups

Leicester City vs Everton H2H

Leicester City triumphed in a 2-0 win against Everton, the last time they faced off. However, Everton secured a 2-1 win in the match before that. Leicester City enter the match against Everton with a 3-2-5 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 30%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leicester City vs Everton Results

In seven of the previous ten matches between Leicester City and Everton both teams scored.

Leicester City vs Everton Betting Tips

Kelechi Iheanacho is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Everton look to Dwight McNeil, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.

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 Everton.

In the last ten encounters between Leicester City and Everton over 2.5 goals came out five times, as Leicester City averaged 1.1 goals a game. Everton scored an average of 1.3 goals in these, while both teams scored seven times. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Leicester City, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Everton, who managed to score 0.8 times in those matches.