Tottenham are set to return to the action this Thursday after a devastating Covid-19 outbreak, they will look to maintain their unbeaten run under Antonio Conte when they visit Kings Power for their midweek Premier League clash with kickoff at 23:30.
Tottenham are not the only Premier League club that have been dealing with Covid-19 outbreaks at the camps lately, as Leicester City were forced to go into their last Premier League match with seven players who were ruled out of contention due to the virus.
However, despite the depletion the Foxes were a class above their opponents as they put four goals past the Magpies in response to their back-to-back defeats in all competitions. They first lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the Premier League at away before losing 3-2 to Napoli in the Europe league group stage finale, a defeat that saw Leicester City crash out of the competitions.
However, Brendan Rodgers’ side head into the match in a poor form as the 4-0 thumping of Newcastle on the weekend was their third win in 10 matches across all competitions but the hosts will be confident as they have been in a good home form as they are coming off three home wins in a row on the bounce.
Leicester are now in the eighth spot in the league standings with just six points behind West Ham in the fourth spot and will head into the game hoping to keep their European aspirations alive.
Meanwhile Tottenham Hotspur have been in action for two weeks due to extensive COVID outbreak within their squad. Tottenham were forced to postpone their fixtures in the Premier League and Europa League against Brighton and Rennes due to the virus. However, the will be confident coming into the match as the last time they were in action they prevailed with a 3-0 win over Norwich City in the Premier League.
Spurs are unbeaten in the premier League since Antonio Conte took over and have won all their last three games a run that has seen them rise into the seventh with 25 points just three points outside the top with two games in hand.
The run also rekindled their European aspirations and they will head into the contest looking to stay in touch with the Champions League places.
Leicester vs Tottenham head to head
Both sides have met in 34 encounters since 1194 with both sides claiming 14 victories while there have been six draws.
- Leicester 2-4 Tottenham 23/05/21
- Tottenham 0-2 Leicester 20/12/20
- Tottenham 3-0 Leicester 19/07/20
- Leicester 2-1 Tottenham 21/09/19
- Tottenham 3-1 Leicester 10/02/19
Home
- Leicester 4-0 Newcastle
- Napoli 3-2 Leicester
- Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester
- Southampton 2-2 Leicester
- Leicester 4-2 Watford
Away
- Tottenham 3-0 Norwich
- Tottenham 2-0 Brentford
- Mura Murska 2-1 Tottenham
- Tottenham 2-1 Leeds
- Everton 0-0 Tottenham
Leicester team news
James Michael Justin and Wesley Fofana will miss due to injuries while Jannik Vestergaard, Ayoze Perez, Ademola Lookman and Kelechi Iheanacho will miss due to testing positive for Covid-19.
Tottenham team news
Spurs did not confirm which players tested positive for coronavirus, but Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero will miss due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Home win
- Both sides to score
