Leicester vs Bournemouth: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 3rd March 2018

England Premier League
Saturday 3rd March 2018
Kick off at 3pm GMT
Venue: King Power Stadium

Match Preview:

Leicester will be looking to win their first game in five weeks when they welcome Bournemouth to the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Foxes could go 7^th with a win here and have put themselves under pressure to perform after last weekend’s 1-1 draw against Stoke. Back to back home games should have seen the team pick up six points but with two of those dropped against the Potters a win is a must here.

Since drawing 2-2 against Manchester United at Christmas time Leicester are unbeaten at home and they will feel confident of picking up some points in this game. However a draw will not do and the club has faced real pressure from local media and fans alike.

Bournemouth are in decent form with just 1 loss from their last four games. Last weekend they got off to a nightmare start to Newcastle trailing 2-0 at half time. But Eddie Howe’s side showed fighting spirit to come back and ended up drawing the game 2-2. The match felt like a victory for the club.

Bournemouth have just 1 recent away victory which was a shock 3-0 win at Chelsea but in general the side has been poor on the road with just 13 points won from a possible total of 42.

Leicester vs Bournemouth Team News:

Leicester - Shinji Okazaki is finally due back for this game

Bournemouth - The club has no new injuries and comes here with a full squad

Leicester vs Bournemouth Head to Head:

4 of the last 5 meetings has ended in a draw

6 of the last 7 games has ended in under 2.5 goals

Leicester vs Bournemouth Prediction:

Leicester have scored 9 goals in their last 5 games at home. Whilst Bournemouth have scored 7 goals in their last 4 away games. Therefore backing "both teams to score" may well be safer than trying to predict a winner.

Leicester vs Bournemouth Betting Tips:

Both teams to score at 1.70