Leicester City vs Burnley; Premier League
Leicester City vs Burnley. Premier League.
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Leicester vs Burnley preview
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Friday 18 October 2019 09:36, UK
Team news, key stats and predictions ahead of Leicester vs Burnley in the Premier League.
Team news
Leicester midfielder James Maddison is fit and available after pulling out of the recent England squad due to illness. After making his first international start, Dennis Praet had stayed in Belgium this week due to personal reasons but will return to training on Friday.
Burnley will be without Johann Berg Gudmundsson for the foreseeable future after he suffered a "serious" hamstring injury while on international duty with Iceland. Danny Drinkwater is also not ready to return.
Late decisions will be made on the fitness of Jack Cork (shoulder) and Ashley Barnes (groin) and Erik Pieters is available for selection.
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Opta stats
- Leicester are unbeaten in all four of their Premier League home games against Burnley (W2 D2).
- Leicester are unbeaten in six home league games (W4 D2), winning the last three in a row by an aggregate score of 10-2. They last won more in a row at the King Power Stadium between February-May 2017 (a run of five).
- Burnley are winless in their last six away league games (D2 L4), though the last three have all ended level and featured an equaliser in the final 10 minutes (2 for Burnley, 1 against).
- Burnley have kept just one clean sheet in their last 16 Premier League away games (0-0 at Watford), conceding at least once in each of their last 11 on the road. Their last three shutouts away from home have all been in goalless draws.
Charlie's prediction
Again, this is a lovely test for a Leicester team who are potentially top four. It is not a guaranteed top-four finish but I am putting them there as Manchester United are weak, Chelsea are unpredictable, Tottenham are all over place and Arsenal can go four or five games without a win.
It is a results business we live in, so if Rodgers doesn't go and win here, then people will start to question whether they were as good as they thought. Burnley are the masters of this situation. They will watch the one, two touch of Leicester and let them do their thing, while Burnley go back to front and go about their business.
I don't think this current Leicester team will be prepared for them. These are the games, which if Leicester do win, tell me where they are, whether that be in the top six or top four.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-1 (13/2 with Sky Bet)
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