This weekend’s Premier League action gets up and running when Leicester City face off with Brentford at the King Power Stadium on Friday night.
The two club’s come into this clash off the back of contrasting results in the top-flight last time out.
Leicester put in a spirited display when hosting Arsenal last Saturday but ultimately found themselves on the wrong end of a 2-0 defeat.
That latest setback means the Foxes continue to occupy a place in the relegation zone, though they are only two points adrift of safety.
As for Brentford, they made an immediate return to winning ways with a hard-fought 1-0 win away at London rivals West Ham last Saturday.
Victory kept Thomas Frank’s team in 11th place in the top-flight table, three points behind 10th-placed Brighton.
How the bookies view it: Foxes to falter again
Leicester – who have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League matches – are 12/5 outsiders on Boylesports.
A share of the spoils at the King Power Stadium on Friday night has been priced up at 13/5 on Boylesports.
Brentford are 20/21 favourites on Boylesports to claim what would be a fourth Premier League away win on the bounce.
Head to head: Bees targeting back-to-back wins
Brentford bagged their first Premier League win over Leicester earlier this season at the fifth attempt. The Bees ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in this season’s reverse fixture and the same scoreline on Friday night is on offer at a whopping 25/1 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Mbeumo to make his mark?
Bryan Mbeumo has scored 14 goals and provided three assists across his 25 Premier League appearances this season, making the Brentford ace an attractive option to register another goal involvement on Friday night at 19/20 on Unibet.
Leicester will look to Jamie Vardy for inspiration in front of goal on Friday night. The Foxes captain is as big as 7/4 on Boylesports to make the net bulge against Brentford.
Predicted line-ups
After hobbling off against Arsenal last weekend, James Justin has joined Issahaku Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira in the Leicester treatment room.
Brentford boss Frank is optimistic that Sepp van den Berg will be fit enough to feature here despite coming off early last weekend, however Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago, Josh Dasilva and Rico Henry are all ruled out.
Leicester: Hermansen, Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen, Ndidi, Soumare, Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew, Vardy
Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Norgaard, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa
Anything else catch the eye?
While Leicester have not been frequent corner takers in the Premier League this season, I’m prepared to go against the grain here and back the Foxes to earn five or more flag-kicks at 4/5 on Bet 365.
Leicester are taking on a Brentford team that are conceding a league-high average of 6.80 corners per-game in the Premier League this season, a figure that rises to a sizable 8.17 on the road.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side hit five or more corners in relatively recent home games with both Wolves and Fulham, and they merit support to repeat the trick against the Bees on Friday night.
This English Premier League match between Leicester City and Brentford will be played on Feb 21, 2025 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Leicester City vs Brentford prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
