Zorya Lugansk vs Leicester Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 01/12/2020, 18:34  by James | Modified on 01/12/2020 at 19:34 in Europa League Predictions

Leicester City are in UEFA Europa League action on Thursday when they travel to Ukraine for a Group G game away to Zorya. The Foxes, who have already secured qualification to the knockout stage, are top of the table after picking up three wins and one draw from their four matches. The most recent outing was a close call for their unbeaten record, a Jamie Vardy goal deep in stoppage time stealing a 3-3 draw away from Sporting Braga. Zorya are bottom of the group on three points, but they can still catch Braga, who are second on seven points. However, a comprehensive defeat in the reverse fixture against Leicester does not bode well for their chances of catching their Portuguese group rivals. James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, and Kelechi Iheanacho scored in that 3-0 victory at the King Power Stadium with Leicester two ahead at the break. Zorya may take encouragement from the series of bad results Leicester have suffered in recent weeks. Winless in three matches in all competitions, Leicester's most recent setback was a home defeat to Fulham in the Premier League on Monday. Away from home, Leicester are a streaky team. This tendency may be cause for concern for Brendan Rodgers as they are currently two away games without a win. They won their previous five before that, which in itself ended a run of eight games on their travels without winning.

Zorya, meanwhile, come into this game on the back of a set of 3-0 away triumphs, one of which came against groupmates AEK Athens. They have been mediocre at home for months, failing to win seven of their last eight games at the Slavutych Arena. Despite their recent dip in form, we suggest backing Leicester to get back to winning ways here.