Leicester City vs West Brom: Can the foxes remain unbeaten at home?

Tomorrow’s late kick-off see’s Leicester City host Tony Pulis’ West Brom as the foxes look to extend their unbeaten record at the King Power Stadium.

Our Prediction: Leicester City 2 – 1 West Brom

Reasoning: Leicester City had a tough game midweek when they travelled across the North Sea to Denmark in order to face FC Copenhagen in the Champions League.

The match ended in a stalemate as neither team managed to find the back of the net, Leicester fans can thank Kasper Schmeichel for that one.

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The great Dane suffered an injury blow due to his last minute heroics in Copenhagen and has seen himself sidelined for at least 4 weeks after fracturing his hand.

The impressive defensive display from Leicester will encourage them to carry on their form in the league, not that their home form needs any encouragement, their awway form however.

Last time out in the Premier Leauge Leicester took on Tottenham who’s defence are in fine form at the moment.

The result ended in a 1 – 1 draw after some questionable officiating from Rob Madley.

The result was Leicester’s first point on the road since the start of the season. Before their trip to White Hart Lane the foxes had lost to Hull, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 29: Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City is tackled by Danny Rose of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City at White Hart Lane on October 29, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /

Despite their shocking away form, Leicester City are unbeaten at the King Power stadium after hosting Arsenal, Burnley, Swansea, Southampton and Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

They also remain the only team to have not conceded a goal in the Premier League during their European campaign.

Claudio Ranieri will hope that his men will carry on this form tomorrow and with Slimani back in the side, the physical presence of West Brom will be matched by Leicester.

West Brom however are the kings of set-pieces due to Tony Pulis’ management style and Leicester are about as useful as a chocolate teapot when it comes to defending set-pieces at the moment, an issue that Ranieri has not resolved.

With the quality that Leicester’s squad contains they should prevail tomorrow but their defensive awareness during set-pieces will be put to the test.

Schmeichel’s replacement Ron-Robert Zieler will have a tough time keeping a clean sheet tomorrow should the defence in front of him continue to defend corners and freekicks in the manner that they have done in previous games.

Should City win, the result could see them rocket up to 7th place and after the tough run of fixtures away from home that they have faced, they will be looking strong going into their November fixtures.

Kick-off: 16:30(GMT)

Date: 6th November 2016

Stadium: King Power Stadium

Steams/TV:

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Text Streams will also be available from various websites i.e The Telegraph, BBC Sports news feed, Sky Sports News etc as well as Leicester’s Twitter account (@LCFC).

Head to Head:

Leicester City: 35

Drawn: 23

West Brom: 50

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Previous meetings:

26 Oct 2010: Leicester City 1 – 4 West Brom

01 Nov 2014: Leicester City 0 – 1 West Brom

11 Apr 2015: West Brom 2 – 3 Leicester City

31 Oct 2015: West Brom 2 – 3 Leicester City

01 Mar 2016: Leicester City 2– 2 West Brom

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