Tottenham v Leicester City: Birthday boy King in projected lineups
Leicester City have failed to earn a single point on the road this season and will be looking to turn that around against Tottenham in London.
Leicester City still have not been able to break their away form duck and Tottenham are yet to be defeated this season and remain the only side with a zero in the loss column.
However, this could be the best chance to get one over on Spurs since they beat them to the title last season.
Leicester have a lot of bad numbers to overcome to take points away from this match. They have lost four straight away matches and given up at least three goals in their last three losses to Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.
While the quality of the opposition is strong, Leicester are the defending champions and have a target on their back that all of this season’s title hopefuls are aiming for.
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Tottenham are in the same boat and are the fourth straight side from the top six that Leicester will have faced away from home.
Leicester will in some ways feel lucky not to see Harry Kane leading the line, but Spurs leading scorer Heung-Min Son is likely to be up top and has been on fire.
Tottenham are coming off a mid-week loss to Liverpool in the English League Cup while Leicester have had a full week to rest and prepare and Claudio Ranieri will be looking to get the best out side.
With the Foxes likely to be prioritizing the coming mid-week UEFA Champions League match and hopes of guaranteed early Knockout qualification, there could be a similar side that faced Crystal Palace that steps onto the pitch.
Ranieri will be looking to take advantage of Spurs fragility with an early goal as they are yet to win in their last four matches in all competitions. However, having the worst away record in the league doesn’t instill much of a mental threat.
Nonetheless, Leicester have a real chance of nicking the first away points of their season if they come out of the blocks strong against Spurs.
Projected Lineups
Tottenham (4-1-4-1): Lloris; Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Wanyama; Lamela, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli; Heung-Min.
Leicester City (4-4-2): Schmeichel; Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs; Mahrez, King, Drinkwater, Musa; Okazaki, Vardy.