Leicester vs Stoke Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 21/02/2018, 17:23  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 26/02/2018 at 03:39 in Premier League Predictions

Leicester City kick off the weekend in eighth place in the Premier League and in the last eight of the FA Cup. Both competitions offer them the chance to get in the Europa League next season with a seventh place finish likely to achieve that. They are currently only a point behind out-of-form Burnley and take on a struggling Stoke City side who need three points from this game for very different reasons. Leicester have gone three league games without a win but that did include away trips to Everton and Manchester City. At home they have only lost one of their last seven home league games and had some recent FA Cup wins too, so form at the King Power stadium is pretty good at present. Stoke are currently 19th in the Premier League and two points from safety. This is the Saturday lunchtime game, so a win will take them out of the bottom three for a few hours. Their major problem is the fact they have conceded 53 league goals and you have to wonder how they will cope against Vardy and Mahrez. They have gone nine league and cup games without a win and their last victory was over bottom of the table West Brom two days before Christmas. Away form is dreadful with one point from their last seven league games and their upcoming fixture list is not an easy one. Go for Leicester to get the three points here.