Leicester City vs Burnley

Desperate to return to winning ways in the Premier League, Leicester City entertain out-of-sorts Burnley at the King Power Stadium.

A 2-2 Europa League draw with Napoli, sandwiched by a brace of one-goal margin Premier League defeats, puts pressure on Leicester going into the fixture. Though a comfortable 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Championship outfit Millwall in midweek gives the hosts some confidence, Brendan Rodgers has to be wary of the fact his side take the field hovering in the bottom half of the table. Interestingly, none of Leicester’s 13 Premier League matches at the King Power Stadium since the turn of the calendar year have ended as a draw (W7, L6). Seeking their third successive top-flight home win over Burnley, Leicester can fall back on a run of six straight league victories over the sides starting the day in the relegation zone. Rodgers’ men won those six encounters by an aggregate score of 15-2.

On the other hand, Burnley’s disastrous start to the season (D1, L4) indicates they could be in for a season-long dogfight against the drop. After losing each of their last three Premier League away games on the trot, the ‘Clarets’ could suffer four consecutive top-flight defeats on the road for the first time since February 2017 (7 than time). By extension, the Yorkshire side have picked up just one point from the last 24 available away from home (D1, L7), scoring just three goals in that sequence. It’s hard to expect Sean Dyche’s men to improve their disappointing away form here, as they’ve failed to beat Leicester in any of their last ten league H2Hs on the road (D4, L6). Burnley’s lackluster attacking displays before half-time have seen only two top-flight clubs score fewer first-half Premier League goals than them (1).