Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th January 2025

Leicester enjoy home advantage, when visitors Queens Park Rangers swing by on Saturday for a clash in the FA Cup. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Both Leicester and Queens Park Rangers aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side this coming Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

The Foxes step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 18 goals, while also allowing 13 goals against. That is an average of 1.3 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

Queens Park Rangers are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 15 goals, and while Queens Park Rangers claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.5 goals per match.

This is the first time Leicester squares up against Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Prediction

Leicester Form

Leicester endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 3-1 against Liverpool, before Manchester City won 0-2, while Aston Villa claimed a victory in a 2-1 match. Leicester have been in potent form at King Power Stadium, winning no less than five of the past six FA Cup matches here. They also hammered in 13 goals, while letting in four as they also lost once.

Queens Park Rangers Form

Queens Park Rangers look well suited to take on any opponent as their last three matches ended with a draw and two wins. They started off drawing 1-1 with Norwich, before downing first Watford by 3-1, then Luton in a 2-1 win. Queens Park Rangers managed to win just once in their past six away games in the FA Cup. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring ten time and letting in three.

Leicester disappointingly lost their last two matches, but in front of their supporters at King Power Stadium, they will kick back and book a much-needed win.

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Squads

Leicester Squad

The 48-year-old manager of Leicester, Ruud van Nistelrooy, will select the lineup against Queens Park Rangers from the players listed below:

Iversen, Ward, Stolarczyk, Hermansen, Coady, Justin, Vestergaard, Thomas, Okoli, Pereira, Kristiansen, Faes, El Khannous, Soumare, Buonanotte, Choudhury, Winks, McAteer, Golding, Skipp, Ndidi, Alves, Fatawu, Reid, Vardy, Ayew, Edouard, Daka, Mavididi.

Queens Park Rangers Squad

Here is the full team squad of Queens Park Rangers. The 42 year-old Marti Cifuentes will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Joe Walsh, Matteo Salamon, Nathan Sheppard, Paul Nardi, Harrison Ashby, Hevertton Santos, Jake Clarke-Salter, Jimmy Dunne, Kenneth Paal, Liam Morrison, Morgan Fox, Ronnie Edwards, Steve Cook, Alfie Tuck, Daniel Bennie, Elijah Dixon-Bonner, Ilias Chair, Jack Colback, Jonathan Varane, Karamoko Dembele, Kieran Morgan, Koki Saito, Lorent Talla, Lucas Andersen, Nicolas Madsen, Sam Field, Alfie Lloyd, Michael Frey, Paul Smyth, Rayan Kolli, Zan Celar.

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Team News

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Lineups

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers H2H

Having never shared a season in the FA Cup in recent past, this is the first time Leicester comes up against Queens Park Rangers in this context. The Foxes picked up five wins in their previous ten matches against Queens Park Rangers, while the latter claimed four wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 16/5.

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Results

Leicester vs Queens Park Rangers Betting Tips

Despite scoring just once in six FA Cup games, Leicester hope Jamie Vardy adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Queens Park Rangers put their faith in Sam Field to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six FA Cup games.

Leicester won three of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing five as well. Queens Park Rangers won one from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew five and lost four in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Leicester on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened three times for Queens Park Rangers in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Queens Park Rangers, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.