Leicester City vs Brentford: Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Leicester City’s inability to produce any consistency across the Premier League, accompanied by the drastic improvement shown by Brentford on their travels, leads us to favouring Brentford for this fixture.

Leicester City’s form sees the Foxes having lost their last three matches coming into this game. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side have been abysmal defensively, as the home side are on a run of 21 games without a clean sheet and conceding first in four of their previous five games.

Brentford are unbeaten in the last three games against Leicester City and the Bees and away from home the visitors are unbeaten in their previous four league matches.

Goals should be a-plenty in this fixture, with Over 2.5 goals scored in five of the last six meetings between the two teams, with both teams also finding the net in the last six between the two sides as well.

We are going with a 2-1 win for Brentford in this fixture.

Leicester 1-2 Brentford.

Leicester City’s struggles are set to continue, as they host a Brentford side who have began to rectify their woes away from home this season.

Date: 21/02/2025
Location: King Power Stadium, Leicester.
Kick-Off: 8pm

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s tenure as Leicester City manager has seen none to little improvement under the former PSV manager, with the Foxes still lumbered in a relegation battle with the likes of Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The transfer window might have left the Leicester City faithful slightly empty handed, with only Wayo Coulibaly doing through the door from Parma.

Leicester City are in 19th place in the Premier League table, following their 2-0 defeat to Arsenal last weekend. The Foxes have conceded 55 goals this season, making them the second worse defensive team in the competition, with only Southampton conceding more (57).

Brentford are enjoying another fine season under Thomas Frank, with the Bees looking at a potential top-half finish following their recent 1-0 win against London rivals, West Ham United. Brentford are 11th in the Premier League table, with 34 points gained from 25 matches played and their attack this season has been terrific.

The Bees have scored 43 goals, with Bryan Mbeumo (14) and Yoane Wissa (11) major contributors to their scoring tally. Brentford can move into the top half with a win. The reverse league fixture, ended in a 4-1 win for Brentford with goals from Yoane Wissa and a hat-trick from Kevin Schade.

The game will be available to watch on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Main Event.

Predicted Leicester City Eleven: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen, Ndidi, Soumare, Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew, Vardy.

Predicted Brentford Eleven: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Norgaard, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa.

As well as their respective league standings, Brentford should have the psychological edge in this fixture, based on their recent meetings against Leicester City. Brentford are unbeaten in the last three meetings between the two sides, with Leicester City failing to keep a clean sheet in their previous matches between the two sides. Interestingly, Leicester City usually find the scoresheet first in this fixture, having scored first in four of the last five games between the two teams.

Leicester City are in terrible form coming into this game, with three consecutive losses for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side and no clean sheet in their previous 21. The Foxes have suffered defeats against Everton (4-0), Arsenal (0-2) and Manchester United (2-1) - in fairness, Leicester City were beaten by a controversial offside goal from Harry Maguire. In the Premier League, Leicester City’s only win in their last five matches was against Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), as the home side have lost four of their last five in the Premier League.

On home soil, Leicester City need vast improvements, as the Foxes have suffered five consecutive defeats at the King Power and have conceded two or more goals in each of those five. Leicester City’s last home win in the Premier League was against West Ham United in Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first game as manager, and have lost their last three in the Premier League on home soil.

Brentford have only won twice in their last five league matches, following their 1-0 win against West Ham United. Their only other victory was against Crystal Palace (1-2), whilst also securing a 2-2 draw against Manchester City.

Away from home, Brentford have improved massively, after they went a large portion of the campaign winless away from home. The Bees have won their last three on the road, which includes the two victories against West Ham United and Crystal Palace, with a further victory against Southampton (0-5).

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