Randers vs Leicester City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Leicester City will make a trip to Denmark for the second leg of the Europa Conference League tie with Randers, holding a 4-1 advantage.

Despite the Foxes being clear favourites to progress through to the last 16, they only have one clean sheet in away games this season.

Last week’s contest at the King Power Stadium represented Randers’ first competitive match of the year, so a second-half submission did not come as the biggest surprise.

The Horses were back in action in the Superliga on Monday, but they went down by a 1-0 scoreline at home to Viborg.

Sitting three points adrift of the top four, Randers have plenty to be positive about, although they have now lost five of their last six matches in all competitions.

Vito Hammershoy-Mistrati got the consolation goal in the East Midlands, but he has scored just once in 10 outings in Superliga.

While manager Brendan Rodgers witnessed his Leicester side suffer a 2-1 defeat at the hand of Wolverhampton Wanderers, he spoke positively about the trajectory of his team.

However, Leicester have only been successful once in seven matches, that victory coming last Thursday as the Premier League outfit made light work of their Danish opponents.

Three second half goals in a span of 25 minutes could ultimately prove to be the difference in this tie, but Leicester’s lack of clean sheets on their travels will not go unnoticed.

Their only shutout came away at Millwall in the EFL Cup earlier in the season, although the Foxes have only been provided with three away fixtures since the turn of the year.

On a positive note, Brendan Rodgers’ side have scored in 16 of their last 17 matches across all competitions, the only time that they failed to score being away at Liverpool in the Premier League.

Randers vs Leicester City head to head

The two teams have previously met on one occasion in the first leg of the Europa Conference League, where Leicester City took a 4-1 home victory.

Leicester City 4-1 Randers 17/02/22

Randers latest home form

Randers have recently been on a poor run of form at home, as they have failed to win in any of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to OB in the DBU Pokalen on December 5. In their last five matches, they have drawn two and lost three.

Randers 0-2 OB 05/12/21

Randers 2-2 Oleksandra 06/02/22

Randers 1-1 Dinamo Tbilisi 11/02/22

Randers 2-3 Arsenal Tula 12/02/22

Randers 0-1 Viborg 21/02/22

Randers latest away form

Randers have recently been on a relatively good form on the road, having won three of their five most recent away matches. They lost their last away game 4-1 to Leicester in the Europa Conference League. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded 6.

Hobro 0-3 Randers 14/01/22

Horsens 2-1 Randers 21/01/22

Skive 0-5 Randers 25/01/22

Silkeborg 0-2 Randers 01/02/22

Leicester City 4-1 Randers 17/02/22

Leicester City latest home form

Leicester have recently been on a relatively good form at home, as they have lost just one of their nine most recent matches. They managed to defeat Watford 4-1 in the FA Cup on January 8. In their last five matches, they have 13 goals and conceded 8 in the process.

Leicester City 4-1 Watford 08/01/22

Leicester City 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur 19/01/22

Leicester City 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion 23/01/22

Leicester City 2-2 West Ham United 13/02/22

Leicetser City 4-1 Randers 17/02/22

Leicester City latest away form

The Foxes have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having been winless in their five most recent away form. They recently lost 4-1 to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup. In their five most recent away matches, they have scored 8 goals and conceded 17.

Liverpool (P)3-3 Leicester City 22/12/21

Manchester City 6-3 Leicester 26/12/21

Nottingham Forest 4-1 Leicester City 06/02/22

Liverpool 2-0 Leicester City 10/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Leicester City 20/02/22

Randers news

Thomasberg made numerous changes for the game at Viborg, partly to rest players for this contest and also to get other squad members up to speed.

Stephen Odey could keep his spot in attack, replacing Alhaji Kamara, while Hugo Andersson will hope for a second successive match in the middle of the defence.

Leicester City news

Kelechi Iheanacho and James maddison could return in the final third, while Boubakary Soumare come back into the side as a replacement for Wilfred Ndidi or Youri Tielemans.

Either Marc Albrighton or Daniel Amartey could potentially deputise for Ricardo Pereira at right-back, with Jannik Vestergaard being an option in the backline.

Prediction and Odds

Randers come into the game having lost in their last two competitive matches, and will be looking for a positive result in the Thursday’s clash despite being the disadvantaged side.

Leicester will enter the contest full of confidence from their first leg win, and we expect an away win here.

Odds: 1 2.60 X 2.20 2 1.80