Leicester City vs Bournemouth: Can the foxes claim their first away win?

This evening’s midweek clash see’s Leicester City travel south to Bournemouth to see if they can seal two wins in a row against Eddie Howe’s men.

Our Prediction: Bournemouth 2 – 3 Leicester City

Reasoning: Last time out in the Premier League the Leicester City squad put out a showing that mirrored least season’s performances.

Hosting Manchester City at home, they put 4 goals past Pep Guardiola’s side and were unlucky not to have more. As the whistle blew at 90 minutes, the 4 -2 scoreline flatter the visitors and left many Leicester fans hoping that this resurgent Leicester side can kick on.

The question however remains. Is this a resurgent Leicester side, or a one off result?

The answer lies with tactics, Pep got his completely wrong. Eddie Howe however has consistently on point with setting up his Bournemouth side.

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Sitting in 12th place in the Premier League, 2 places ahead of Leicester, many still see Bournemouth as a newly promoted, naive side that are easily beat.

What most do not realise however is that The Cherries are a force to be reckoned with on their day.

Leicester City’s downfall this season has been team’s reluctance to go forward when facing the reigning champions which may mean that tonight could end in a goal fest.

With Bournemouth being a fluid, attacking team twinned with Leicester’s shaky defensive line, it’s highly unlikely that this game will end in a 0 – 0 draw.

With Vardy finding his scoring boots and Mahrez looking as though his magic touch is back, both sides will be looking to get forward when possible, most likely with Bournemouth having the majority of possession due to being the home side.

This could be their downfall, as we all know, Leicester thrive on sitting back and playing on the counter and for this reason, the foxes may just grab their first away win.

Kick-off: 19:45 (GMT)

Date: 13th December 2016

Stadium: Vitality Stadium

Steams/TV:

Available on NBC Sports

Available on BBC Radio Leicester

Available on BBC Radio 5 Live

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: 6

Drawn: 2

Bournemouth: 3

Source

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Previous meetings:

17 Apr 1990: Bounemouth 2 – 3 Leicester

26 Oct 2013: Leicester 2 – 1 Bournemouth

01 Feb 2014: Bournemouth 0 – 1 Leicester

29 Aug 2015: Bournemouth 1 – 1 Leicester

02 Jan 2016: Bournemouth 0 – 0 Leicester