Leicester City vs FC Copenhagen
UEFA Champions League – Group G
Date: Tuesday, 18th September, 2016,
Kick-Off: 19:45 UK,
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester.
Leicester City are currently enjoying an excellent form in the group Stage of the Champions League, winning their first 2 games. They will be hosting FC Copenhagen on Tuesday night as they look forward to another Champions League win.
Leicester City’s Premier League form haven’t been rosy, they will enter this game from a 3-0 thrashing from Conte’s Chelsea. Goals from Diego Costa in the 7th minute, Eden Hazard in the 33rd minute and V. Mosses in the 80th minute was enough to hand Leicester City the huge defeat.
Meanwhile, Copenhagen have been in a good form since the beginning of the season, they are on top of their local league. Also they are currently second in the group G of the Champion league with 4 points.
Team News – Leicester
The Foxes defence of their crown took another body-blow on Saturday when going down 3-0 to Chelsea in London. Diego Costa set the pace after just seven-minutes, bulleting home from a Hazard corner before creator turned scorer after half-an-hour when taking the ball around opposing goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to give his employers a cushion. Victor Moses put the finishing touches to a straight-forward Chelsea win with a goal in the closing minutes of the match.
Leicester now show a miserable run of form reading three defeats, one win and a draw from their last five. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that two-in-a-row won’t be happening for Claudio Ranieri. The Italian boss moaned in his post-match interview that his side cost themselves any chance when switching off at a Chelsea corner, which is unforgivable. He put an emphasis on seeing a positive reaction from his side on Tuesday evening.
Things have been much better in the Champions League however and they go into round three with maximum points on the board having beaten Club Brugge and Porto, both without conceding a goal. Leicester to win to nil again has been given at 2/1 with 888Sport. Victory by any method is deemed the most likely outcome here with bet365’s 5/6 the general feeling in the betting ring.
Victory would see Leicester put one foot in the knock-out stages of the competition and although the hosts are a skinny 1/3 with Ladbrokes to progress as champions, that will get a whole lot shorter if they do pick-up the desired result.
Team News – Copenhagen
The Lions travel to England with confidence to burn having pieced together a fantastic run of form. A 2-0 home verdict over Silkborg on Saturday evening was their third win on the spin and they are unbeaten in their last half-dozen starts, also getting the better of Club Brugge, AGF Aarhus and AC Horsens, while drawing with Porto and Randers.
Stale Solbakken’s side sit second on four points and are 5/1 second favourites with Bet Victor to finish as winners of Group G. If you fancy that outcome then be sure to act now as any win over Leicester on English soil will see their price cut in half at least. The value will certainly go. Copenhagen to qualify is even money at bet365 while a Europa League place, which looks highly unlikely at present, is a puzzling 6/5 with Skybet.
You would be forgiven for thinking the travellers’ solid recent form would ensure they are taken seriously at the King Power Stadium but odds compilers don’t fancy their chances much and price the away day at a market best price 18/5 with bet365 while a draw wouldn’t be a bad result for either at 23/10 with the same firm.
Leicester City vs FC Copenhagen: Head to Head Statistics
Both teams have not played against each other in the past, thus this will be their first meeting against each other.
At the same time, FC Copenhagen haven’t had the best of results when coming up against Premier League clubs. They managed just 1 win from 8 meetings, while the rest 7 matches saw 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Leicester City vs FC Copenhagen: Prediction
Leicester City have been on a very poor form in recent weeks, their defense have also been in a very bad shape. Their last 5 games have recorded 3 heavy defeats, a hard fought win and a goalless draw. They have failed to score in their last 2 games, and gave conceded at least 3 goals in 3 of their last 5 games.
Copenhagen are rolling high in recent weeks, they are unbeaten in their last 5 games with 3wins and 2 draws. They have kept clean sheets in their last 4 games, and have scored at least 2 goals in 4 of their last 5 games.
Despite Leicester’s poor form and their huge loss over the weekend, it’ll be hard to see them lose in this fixture. Nevertheless, they need to concentrate more on their defence to avoid losing this one. I think the game will likely end in draw.
Leicester City vs FC Copenhagen: Tips
HT draw at 2.20 (6/5)
Under 2.5 goals at 1.73 (8/11).
