Leicester City and Liverpool will lock horns in the Premier League matchday 20 at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday. The kick-off is at 22:00 CEST.

Preview

It's been less than a week since Liverpool celebrated a victory over Leicester on penalties in the EFL Cup quarter-final and now both side are preparing to face off again in their final league match of 2021. Brendan Rodgers' men have suffered one of their biggest defeats in modern history since then as they conceded six against Manchester City while scoring only three times at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day.

Liverpool, on the contrary, saw their Boxing Day encounter with Leeds United postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Marcelo Bielsa's squad. Hence, Jurgen Klopp's side are still second in the PL table, six points adrift (41) of leaders Manchester City but with a game in hand over the Cityzens. The Foxes, for their part, have dropped down to 10th in the standings with 22 points to their name following their trip to Manchester.

Team news

While Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Jonny Evans and Ricardo Pereira will definitely miss Tuesday's clash for the hosts as they are all sidelined, Caglar Soyuncu, Ryan Bertrand, Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka remain doubtful through respective injury woes. Adrian, Harvey Elliott and Divock Origi, meanwhile, are all unavailable for the visitors for the same reason while Andy Robertson is still suspended.

Prediction

While injury-hit Leicester only have 48 hours to prepare themselves for Liverpool's visit to the King Power Stadium, the Reds are set to welcome the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho back to the starting XI in this one after they all have recovered from Covid-19 lately. As Klopp managed to beat the Foxes without a number of his key players last week, we'd say that Leicester's chances to grab at least one point on Tuesday are close to zero, especially after they conceded nine goals in their previous two matches.

Tip

Liverpool to win and total over 2.5 at 1.74 with 1XBET.