Week 29 features a match on Wed Mar 3rd, where Burnley will host Leicester City at Turf Moor in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. 15th placed Burnley is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Gareth Bale struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 2nd minute on a feed from Heung-Min Son, then Harry Kane added another in the 15th minute In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and Tottenham Hotspur ran away with the shutout win. Burnley is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while leicester City is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Arsenal. Youri Tielemans scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 6th minute, then David Luiz got the equalizer for Arsenal in the 39th minute on a feed from Willian But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 47th minute on a penalty goal by Alexandre Lacazette. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Leicester City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Sep 20th, Leicester City hosted Burnley in their last match together. Leicester City was victorious by a score of 4 to 2. Chris Wood struck first for Burnley in the 10th minute, then Harvey Barnes got the equalizer for Leicester City in the 20th minute on a feed from Timothy Castagne Finally they completed the comback victory in the 50th minute on a goal by Erik Pieters to cap off a wild match.
Both Harvey Barnes and James Maddison have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Burnley is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Matthew Lowton and Jay Rodriguez each only have 1 goal in their last five
Sean Dyche’s Burnley squad will be without Chris Wood, Jay Rodriguez, Ashley Barnes, Jóhann Guðmundsson, Dale Stephens, Matěj Vydra, Robbie Brady, Erik Pieters and Ben Mee, while Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City squad will be without James Maddison, Dennis Praet, Ayoze Pérez, Harvey Barnes, Jonny Evans, Wes Morgan, Wesley Fofana and James Justin.