There is one match at the foot of the Premier League table taking place on Monday night when Leicester City and Everton meet for what could be a season defining clash in front of the cameras at the King Power Stadium.
These two occupy the last two places in the bottom three heading into the match but someone will come out of the drop zone here. Leicester if they avoid defeat or Everton if they come out on top in the game.
Where to watch
This match will be shown live and in full on the Monday Night Football programme which will be aired on the Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League channels. The show begins at 7pm and kick off comes at 8pm.
Leicester City
After an absolutely dismal spell which saw the end of Brendan Rodgers at Leicester City, the Foxes have found something in their last two matches, picking up a confidence boosting win at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers and then a point on the road at Leeds United in a match they probably should have won late on. That has left them in the position where if they avoid defeat here they will be out of the bottom three for the first time in a while.
The key thing is that Leicester have only conceded one goal in each of those two matches. In truth, I think you would be hard pushed to make a serious claim that they have improved defensively but they have another chance to prove here that they have. If they have they should survive comfortably because they have so much quality in attacking areas that they should be capable of getting the goals they need to remain in the division.
Everton
When Sean Dyche replaced Frank Lampard at Goodison Park and picked up two wins from his opening three matches everyone was suggesting that he was going to keep Everton in the division comfortably. That is not how it is panning out though. The Toffees have won just one of their last 10 matches and that is a run which is going to need serious improvement if this famous club are going to get out of the trouble they have got themselves into.
We know Everton won’t lack for fight or for legs in the middle of the park but the problem is those two things don’t pick up points. Quality in both boxes does that and Everton don’t have nearly enough of it in either of them which is a huge concern. No team has scored fewer goals than this Everton team this season and that is something they are going to need to turn around if they are to remain in the Premier League.
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Team News
It looks as though Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho is done for the season with the groin injury he sustained in his part in the equaliser at Leeds on Tuesday. Patson Daka or Jamie Vardy will come in for him. Jonny Evans is fit again.
Sean Dyche has Mason Holgate available after he served his red card suspension in the defeat to Newcastle on Thursday evening but Seamus Coleman could continue to miss out with the hamstring injury which has kept him out of the last three.
Betting
I think Leicester City will win this match but I am not so sure that I trust them at even money. I think Everton have tailed right off and I never really thought Sean Dyche was a certainty to keep them up anyway. The one thing I do think we’ll see here though is goals because there is a clear weakness within the Leicester ranks at defending set plays and Everton will target that weakness repeatedly throughout this match.
The problem Everton have is their own defence has shipped nine in their last four matches and now they face an attack which might be starting to purr again with the likes of James Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes back to fitness. The one thing we know about this Everton back line is it is completely devoid of pace which Leicester can play on. Then we factor in the importance of the match and whoever concedes the first goal will need to take risks to get back into it and when you put it all into the melting pot I think there is a good chance of over 2.5 goals landing. Four of the last six Leicester matches have had over 2.5 goals and heaven only knows how their midweek game didn’t. Three of the last Everton six have so goals can come here.
Tips
Back Over 2.5 goals for a 3/10 stake at 2.01 with Bet365
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