Tottenham - Leicester (FA Cup)

Tottenham - Leicester (FA Cup) 24.01.2015

Tottenham takes Leicester in a meeting of the fourth round of the oldest football tournament in the world - FA Cup. Both teams compete in the Premier League in England and the difference between them is huge. Tottenham takes the sixth position in the standings and Leicester are one the last place. The last meeting of the two teams was in the fall of 2014 and finished with a victory for the Spurs with 1-2. Few years ago, Leicester won with a score of 3-2.

In the upcoming match undoubtedly favorites are Tottenham and before the start of this match "spurs" are in a series of four consecutive wins at home. In the Premier League, Tottenham remains behind the Top 5 places and immediately after this game, they have to focus entirely on their upcoming visit of West Bromwich. The team have a chance to take even the third place, but they need to be prepared. We`ll know this very soon, because after West Brom follows a heavy clash against Arsenal. Pochetino again will not be able to rely on the defenders Fazio and Vlad Chiriches. Also, the midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is with his national team in the African Nations Cup.

Leicester on the other side has nothing to lose. As we said, they are on the last place in the Premier League and almost certainly wait to fall into the lower echelon. However, Leicester woke up this month and after a series of 13 matches without a win, the team of Nigel Pearson recorded two victories, one draw and only one defeat for the past four rounds. The teams located in front at the table exceed them with a small number of points - 2, so if Leicester improve their game, the team might have a chance to survive in the Premier League. For this clash with Tottenham, Leicester have to go out without their titular goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, defenders Matthew Upson and Zoumana Bakayogo, midfielders Esteban Cambiasso and Dean Hammond. Riyad Mahrez and Jeff Schlupp are participating in the tournament for the African Nations Cup.

Bookmakers offer odds of 1.66 for the victory of Tottenham and 5.25 for Leicester. Over 2.5 goals option is available at odds of 1.72 and it looks like the safest choice to bet on this match, because 80% of the last six games between the two teams ended with a lot of goals scored.

Prediction Tottenham - Leicester: over 2.5 goals
Security: 6/10
Odds: 1.72 at bet365

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