Leicester vs Fulham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th January 2025

Mid-placed Fulham travel to King Power Stadium to face struggling Leicester in a round 22 game, which kicks-off this coming Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Leicester are placed 19th with 14 points after 21 matches. Fulham occupy a position as nineth in the league on 30 points.

Leicester are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Fulham in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at King Power Stadium.

The Foxes are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 25 goals. They managed zero clean sheets in these matches.

Fulham travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 17 goals against. An average of 1.7 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheets in this streak.

Fulham beat The Foxes twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-1 and 5-3, respectively.

Leicester vs Fulham Prediction

Leicester Form

Showing inconsistent form, Leicester lost two of their past three matches, going down 2-1 against Aston Villa, before beating Queens Park Rangers 6-2. The joy was short-lived, as Crystal Palace proved too strong in a 0-2 defeat. Leicester 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 six and conceded 12 goals.

Fulham Form

Fulham recorded a diverse set of results in their last three matches. They began with a 2-2 draw with Ipswich. A 4-1 win against Watford followed, before a 3-2 defeat against West Ham in their most recent match. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Fulham won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and ten scored.

Both Leicester and Fulham have been firing on all cylinders, while also conceding frequently. We should be in for a very entertaining match with goals aplenty.

Fulham recorded one wins from their last seven games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected seven points. They scored seven goals while conceding ten. Leicester have a record of three wins, five draws and 13 defeats in the Premier League this season. Fulham are looking at seven wins, nine draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Fulham Squads

Leicester Squad

van Nistelrooy will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Fulham from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/4), Mads Hermansen (0/16), Conor Coady (0/9), James Justin (2/20), Jannik Vestergaard (0/13), Luke Thomas (0/2), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/13), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/18), Wout Faes (1/18), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannous (1/16), Boubakary Soumare (0/14), Facundo Buonanotte (4/18), Hamza Choudhury (0/0), Harry Winks (0/16), Kasey McAteer (0/10), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/13), Wilfred Ndidi (0/15), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/14), Jamie Vardy (6/19), Jordan Ayew (4/19), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/9), Stephy Mavididi (3/20).

Fulham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Fulham. The 47 year-old Marco Silva will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Bernd Leno (0/21), Steven-Andreas Benda (0/0), Antonee Robinson (0/21), Calvin Bassey (0/20), Issa Diop (0/15), Joachim Andersen (0/13), Jorge Cuenca (0/4), Kenny Tete (0/15), Timothy Castagne (0/11), Andreas Pereira (2/19), Emile Smith Rowe (3/19), Harrison Reed (0/8), Harry Wilson (5/17), Joshua King (0/4), Ryan Sessegnon (0/2), Sander Berge (0/14), Sasa Lukic (0/16), Tom Cairney (1/15), Adama Traore (1/20), Alex Iwobi (7/21), Carlos Vinicius (0/1), Raul Jimenez (8/21), Reiss Nelson (1/12), Rodrigo Muniz (3/20).

Leicester vs Fulham Team News

Fulham are juggling with three absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Leicester. Sander Berge, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson sit this one out for Fulham, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Leicester.

Leicester vs Fulham Lineups

Leicester vs Fulham H2H

Fulham won 2-1 and 5-3 in the two most recent meetings with Leicester, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Fulham seem to have a bit of a love affair with Leicester, as they have beaten them six times in last ten encounters. The bookies have Fulham to win this match at best price odds of 9/10.

Leicester vs Fulham Results

In the past ten matches between home side Leicester and Fulham both teams found the back of the net five times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 8/13.

Leicester vs Fulham Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jordan Ayew will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Fulham hope Raul Jimenez can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Leicester won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at King Power Stadium. They drew two and lost five as well, while Fulham won three of their last 10 games away. They drew five and lost two. Strap yourselves up for a goals at King Power Stadium since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Leicester. The same occurred in eight of the last 10 league games away from home for Fulham.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Leicester managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Fulham averaging 1.6 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Fulham, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.