In a mid week match on Tuesday Dec 28th, in week 20, Leicester City plays host to Liverpool in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Leicester City recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Newcastle United. Youri Tielemans scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, then Patson Daka added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Harvey Barnes At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win. Leicester City is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while liverpool sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 13th minute, then Diogo Jota tied it up for Liverpool in the 35th minute on a feed from Andrew Robertson . Liverpool is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Liverpool’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Salah. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Leicester City’s top weapon lately has been James Maddison, who has three goals in the last 5 matches
Brendan Rodgers’s squad will be without Hamza Choudhury, Ayoze Pérez, Ademola Lookman, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Jonny Evans, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Filip Benković and Daley-Campbell, while Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool squad will be without Virgil van Dijk, Adrián, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, Curtis Jones and Nathaniel Phillips.