On Thursday Oct 20th, in week 12, Leicester City will host Leeds United in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 19th placed Leicester City, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Crystal Palace. Neither Leicester City nor Crystal Palace could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Leeds United recorded a 0-1 loss against Arsenal. Bukayo Saka scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 35th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Leeds United couldn’t muster any offence and Arsenal ran away with the shutout win. Leeds United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Leicester City won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Leeds United’s top weapon lately has been Luis Sinisterra, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Both James Maddison and Patson Daka have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals
Leicester City will be without Ryan Bertrand, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans and Nampalys Mendy, while Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw are unavailable to play for Jesse Marsch’s team.