Leicester City vs Liverpool Prediction, Preview, Predicted Lineups and Team News | Premier League

Leicester City vs Liverpool Preview

• Tournament: Premier League
• Date: Sunday, 20 April 2025
• Kick-Off Time: 15:30 PM GMT
• Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester

Liverpool look to take one step closer to sealing the 2024/25 Premier League championship when they face a relegation-threatened Leicester City side. The Leicester City vs Liverpool clash will take place at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at 15:30 PM GMT.

For Leicester City, relegation now looks like a matter of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’. They are 17 points behind the safe zone and a loss against Liverpool will confirm their relegation. Leicester are currently in 19th place with just 18 points from 32 games, which includes 22 losses!

Ruud van Nistelrooy has failed to inspire a turn in form, with the Foxes having lost eight of their last 10 league games. They've conceded 11 goals in the last five games and basically need a miracle to get a result against Liverpool.

Van Nistelrooy will need to shield his side very strongly defensively and hope Lady Luck favors his side. The Foxes also need to show more urgency in the attack, which includes improving their overall finishing and putting away chances clinically to pull off an upset against the Reds.

Liverpool just needs two more wins to seal the Premier League title. They're in first place in the table with 76 points from 32 games, which includes 23 wins! The Reds have won 10 of their 16 away games this season, scoring 40 goals!

They'll look to torment Leicester City with another ruthless display on the road. The Reds need to be careful at the back, maintaining a sturdy defensive line to neutralize the hosts' threat.

They have too much firepower in their frontline for a struggling side like Leicester City to handle, and Arne Slot will urge his side to unleash their explosive best in creating beautiful attacking moves to put the hosts to the sword.

Leicester City Team News

The Foxes are going to be missing winger Issahaku Fatawu because of a knee injury. He's out for the rest of the campaign. Harry Winks remains sidelined because of a disciplinary matter. The likes of Wout Faes, Facundo Buoananette, and Jeremy Monga should get back to action for this one.

Liverpool Team News

Arne Slot is still without defender Joe Gomez, who is expected to back for the final games of the campaign. Trent Alexander-Arnold is still recovering from an ankle injury. He is unlikely to be able to make it for this game. Darwin Nunez is a bit of a doubt for this game because he struggles with illness.

Leicester City vs Liverpool Predicted Lineups

Leicester City Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Mads Hermansen

Defenders: James Justin, Memeh Okoli, Conor Coady, Luke Thomas

Midfielders: Wilfried Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare, Bilal El Khannouss

Forwards: Patson Daka, Stephy Mavdidi, Jamie Vardy

Liverpool Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Alisson Becker

Defenders: Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson

Midfielders: Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones

Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota

Leicester City vs Liverpool Head-to-Head Record

These two teams have faced off against each other on 123 occasions in their history. Out of that, Liverpool have won 57 games and the Foxes have won 41 times. In their last five meetings, however, Liverpool have won on all five occasions.

Key Players to Watch in Leicester City vs Liverpool

Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Jamie Vardy hasn't had the most prolific campaign, but still managed a 9.48 xG (expected goals), which he's slightly underperformed with seven goals. He has an impressive 47% dribble success rate, showing how smartly he can get past defenders at the age of 38.

The Englishman looks to prove that the old dog still has some tricks up his sleeve by being a menace to the Liverpool backline. He'll need to be unpredictable with his movement to sneak into open spaces and needs to do better in getting to the end of chances and ruthlessly finish them to inspire his side to a big result.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Mohamed Salah is without any goal in his last three Premier League, setting up an ideal way for him to get amongst the goals. He has enjoyed an amazing 2024/25 Premier League season, outperforming his 22.57 xG (expected goals) with 27 goals and 7.49 xA (expected assists) with 18 assists!

Salah will look to torment the Leicester backline with his unpredictable forward runs and charging into the key area with dominance. He'll look to set up chances with his clever final passes and also get to the end of attacking moves to finish off chances clinically to further increase his goal haul this season.

Leicester City vs Liverpool Prediction

Unfortunately for Leicester City, this might be the game where their relegation tot he EFL Championship is sealed. Liverpool won't feel sorry for them as they are desperate to get another big away win and move closer to the Premier League title.

Even though the Foxes should put up a decent fight and have some promising attacking chances, Liverpool's ruthless attacking line should be too hot to handle for them. The Reds should get another compelling win on the road.

Predicted Score: Leicester City 1-3 Liverpool

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