Leicester City and Newcastle United will round off the Premier League weekend when the pair lock horns at the King Power Stadium on Monday night.
The two teams will come into this clash off the back of contrasting results from the midweek slate of top flight fixtures.
Leicester’s inevitable looking fall back into the English Championship edged closer when losing 2-0 against Man City at the Etihad on Wednesday night, in a game that brought up a winning selection for followers of my featured column.
Things don’t get much easier for the faltering Foxes on Monday night when high-flying Newcastle United come to town.
Fresh off the back of their EFL Cup triumph, the Magpies marked their return to Premier League action with a 2-1 win over Brentford on Wednesday night.
Victory kept Eddie Howe’s side firmly in the mix in what is a congested fight for Champions League qualification.
How the bookies view it: Foxes in freefall
Leicester City – who have lost 14 of their last 15 Premier League matches – are big outsiders at 11/2 on Boylesports, while a point apiece at the King Power is also considered unlikely at 16/5 with the same firm.
Newcastle are heavy 4/9 (Boylesports) favourites to make it four wins in succession across all competitions.
Head to head: Toon tend to triumph
Newcastle have taken top honours from four of their last five meetings with Leicester, including a resounding 4-0 success in this season’s reverse fixture. The same scoreline on Monday night can be backed at a whopping 18/1 with Boylesports.
Players to watch: Isak to fire against Foxes?
After scoring his 20th Premier League goal of the season against Brentford last time out, Alexander Isak stands out at 4/5 (Boylesports) to strike against confidence-stricken Leicester on Monday night.
Jamie Vardy has been fouled at least once in four of his last six Premier League outings for Leicester, making a repeat here an appealing proposition at 10/11 on PaddyPower.
Predicted line-ups
Leicester will be unable to call upon Abdul Fatawu and Harry Soutar, but apart from that they could have a clean bill of health.
Newcastle boss Howe will again be without injured trio Jamaal Lascelles, Lewis Hall and Sven Botman. The Magpies manager could stick with the same starting XI that got the better of Brentford on Wednesday night.
Leicester City: Hermansen; Faes, Coady, Thomas; Justin, Ndidi, Soumare, Kristiansen; Daka, El Khannouss; Vardy
Newcastle United: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Barnes
Anything else catch the eye?
Newcastle are fair 4/9 favourites here but we can back the visitors to overcome a -1 hurdle on the Asian Handicap at 5/6 (Bet 365) and that looks like a worthy boost in price.
This selection means if Newcastle prevail by two or more goals we will be paid out, if they win by a solitary strike then stakes are returned, and that should give us a good run for our money.
As already mentioned, Leicester have lost 14 of their last 15 league games, with 12 of those defeats having arrived by a two-goal margin or more.
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