Leicester City vs Club Bruges Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Leicester City take on Club Bruges in the Champions League on Tuesday. Read the match predictions to find out why a home win is the betting tip at King Power Stadium. Leicester are top of Group G but come into this after losing 2-1 away to Watford at the weekend. Meanwhile Club Bruges are bottom of the table, though did win 0-1 away to Sint-Truiden last time out.
Leicester City vs Club Bruges
Leicester are without regular goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel who is ruled out with a hand injury, meaning Ron-Robert Zieler is set to continue between the sticks. There are doubts over the fitness of Nampalys Mendy, Islam Slimani and Matthew James. Ahmed Musa will look to get into attacking areas from the left flank to support the front two of Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki.
Club Bruges have Ruud Vormer suspended after picking up too many bookings. Bjorn Engels is back in training but is unlikely to feature along with Lior Refaelov and Abdoulaye Diaby who are both struggling for fitness. Jose Izquierdo twice came close to scoring when these sides met earlier in the campaign and is one to watch on the left wing for the visitors.
Team Predictions Leicester City vs Club Bruges
Leicester 4-4-2 formation: Zieler; Fuchs, Huth, Morgan, Simpson; Musa, Drinkwater, King, Mahrez; Vardy, Okazaki
Club Bruges 3-4-2-1 formation: Butelle; Denswil, Simons, Poulain; Izquierdo, Claudemir, Pina, Rhijn; Vanaken, Gedoz; Vossen
Leicester City vs Club Bruges Betting Tips
- Leicester have won 5 drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Club Bruges have won 4 drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Leicester have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Club Bruges have scored an average of 1.0 goals and conceded an average of 1.0 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Leicester’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Club Bruges’ previous 10 matches
Leicester City vs Club Bruges Prediction
Leicester are assured of at least Europa League, and will advance to knockout phase if they prevail here. Their success in the Champions League has come at a cost though, with the Foxes offering no hint of a title defences so far. They’ve gone 4 games without a win and will be keen to secure their passage to the last 16 to switch their focus back to domestic action.
Club Bruges are yet to register a single point in this pool and are already out of the competition, so will be playing for a Europa League spot here. They’ve been in quite poor form themselves, with the narrow victory over Sint-Truiden their first success in 4 matches. An unlikely success in this match could set up a showdown with Copenhagen for third spot.
Leicester have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 Champions League matches and they come up against a side that has scored just once in the competition so far. They have lost just twice at home all season and are unbeaten at the King Power in this tournament. The Foxes have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 European matches and are tipped to record a comfortable 2-0 win.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
LEICESTER at 1/2 with Betfair
Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 15/14 with 888Sport
Correct Score Prediction
LEICESTER 2-0 at 13/2 with BetVictor
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