Leicester City were held to a 2-2 draw away at West Ham in their previous English Premier League fixture. They were made to come from behind twice as strikes from Jamie Vardy and Harrison Barnes earned them a share of the spoils.The Foxes have shown plenty of improvement since Brendan Rodgers was named manager and are unbeaten in five of their last six matches. They have claimed four wins in that run and are backed to win at odds of 2.70.
Finally, no team would want to see the potential champions secure title against them and will do everything in their power to postpone that. Expect Levante to avoid a loss at any cost against this virtual B team of the toppers. The game against the dead-end Huesca should provide an example.
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Arsenal’s away day blues continued on Wednesday as they suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Wolves. They went three goals down in the first half before Sokratis Papastathopoulos struck a consolation 10 minutes from time.It was the second straight defeat for Unai Emery’s team, who were previously beaten at home by Crystal Palace. The Gunners continue to labour on their travels having kept just one clean sheet away from home this season. They are valued at 2.60 to win on Sunday.
Papastathopoulos came in for the much criticised Shkodran Mustafi on Wednesday and should retain his place in central defence with Laurent Koscielny. Alexandre Lacazette is likely to continue as the lone man in attack with Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang is doubtful after undergoing a sinus procedure.
We cannot treat this as an ordinary Barca game at the Camp Nou. Take into account that we will probably be seeing a lot of youngsters and benchwarmers from the potential and defending champions. Sure, it does help that the match is at home for Barca, but Levante is desperate for points, whereas Barca will be playing relaxed. They just need to win one of their last four matches in the league, to secure the title.
Also, Levante seems to have figured out the way to play spoilsport to Barca’s plans. Last season, at the brink of securing an invincible league season, Levante defeated the Catalans with a 5-4 scoreline.This Saturday, Barca will be missing much of their attacking threats, and contrary to usual will be stronger at the back. As such, goals will be scarce in the tie. Expect no more than two goals.Levante is also high on confidence, after having won against Betis with a 4-0 scoreline, just the last match-day. They are also on a scoring streak of eight fixtures and found the back of the net in four of their last five away ties.
Leicester City vs Arsenal Key Statistics
- Leicester City have seen over 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 6 matches (Premier League).
- Leicester City are unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 matches (Premier League).
- Leicester City and Arsenal have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 3 meetings (Premier League).
- Arsenal are unbeaten in 6 of their last 7 matches against Leicester City (Premier League).