Liverpool vs Leicester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th December 2022

The Premier League clash at Anfield on Friday sees Liverpool hosting opponents Leicester City. Leicester City were knocked out cold when Liverpool took a 2-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Leicester City handed out in the game before.

Looking at the Premier League standings, the current difference between the sides is eight points and seven places.

Leicester City got hammered last time out and have no intention of letting that go by unnoticed. Liverpool need to strap up before the ride on Friday, as the visitors look for revenge.

Liverpool step into their next home match this coming Friday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 12 goals against. That is an average of 1.2 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet three times in those matches.

Leicester City travel to their next away match on Friday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping 12 goals against. An average of 1.2 goals against a game. They hung on to six clean sheets in this streak.

Liverpool vs Leicester City Prediction

Liverpool Form

Liverpool have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Southampton by 3-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 3-2 against Manchester City, before claiming three points in a 1-3 win against Aston Villa. In their last six Premier League home matches, Liverpool won four times. They've drawn once and lost once, while scoring 11 and conceding seven goals.

Liverpool were spoken of as contenders for a title, but current form has them running a little behind in the Premier League.

Leicester City Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Leicester City. They first took out West Ham by 0-2 before downing Milton Keynes Dons by 0-3. The winning streak came to an end against Newcastle, who ran out 0-3 winners. Leicester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored 13 while also conceding 13 times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Aiming for a mid-table finish Leicester City would require a quick upturn in form to achieve even that.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Liverpool and Leicester City.

Liverpool took 14 points from their last eight encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 18 times and conceding six. Leicester City claimed zero wins and zero points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored four times in these matches, but also conceded 15 goals. Liverpool so far pulled off a record of seven wins, four draws and four defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester City are looking at five wins, two draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Liverpool vs Leicester City Team News

Liverpool could have up to six missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Leicester City this coming Friday.

James Milner, Curtis Jones, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Arthur nurses various injuries and won't take part for Liverpool against Leicester City at Anfield.

Leicester City have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Friday against Liverpool.

Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand all face a spell on the sidelines for Leicester City due to various injuries.

Liverpool vs Leicester City H2H

The Reds celebrated a 2-0 win in their most recent meeting with their upcoming opponent. Are we in for something similar at Anfield this coming Friday? Liverpool enjoy a good 7-1-2 advantage against Leicester City, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/3.

Liverpool vs Leicester City Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Liverpool welcome Leicester City as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/2 with the bookies on Friday.

Liverpool vs Leicester City Betting Tips

Harvey Barnes look like great value to find the back of the net on Friday, having hit the target four times in recent Premier League matches for Leicester City. His total for the season says six goals scored in this Premier League campaign. With four goals lately for Liverpool in the Premier League, Mohamed Salah is also a player worth mentioning.

Liverpool won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing two as well. Leicester City won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost five in this run. Of the last 10 times Liverpool stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened six times. Both teams also scored in six of the last 10 away games for Leicester City.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Liverpool and Leicester City. More than two goals came out seven times, as Liverpool scored two goals on average, with Leicester City pulling off one goal on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Liverpool’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Leicester City, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.