Jesse Marsch’s first game as Leeds United manager sees his side travel to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City on Saturday.
Marcelo Bielsa was relieved of his duties following a run of four straight defeats. The Argentine left Leeds sixteenth in the Premier League table – two points clear of the relegation zone.
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴." 💫Hoping for another hit like this in #LeiLee ⚽ pic.twitter.com/qXtzDlacMj— Leicester City (@LCFC) March 3, 2022
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴." 💫Hoping for another hit like this in #LeiLee ⚽ pic.twitter.com/qXtzDlacMj
Meanwhile, the Foxes find themselves in twelfth place – seven points ahead of Leeds and 15 points shy of the top six.
Leicester picked up a much-needed 2-0 victory over Burnley on Tuesday, with James Maddison and Jamie Vardy grabbing the goals.
That victory ended a five-game winless run for the Foxes in the Premier League, as Brendan Rodgers’ side had recorded two draws and three losses in the lead-up to Tuesday’s clash.
Although Leicester have only managed to win one of their last six Premier League matches, there is hope for the East Midlands outfit.
The Foxes have lost just one of their previous nine home games across all competitions, so they will be confident of punishing lowly Leeds.
Leeds have only managed to win five of their 26 Premier League games this season, registering eight draws and 13 losses in the process.
Only two sides – Burnley and Norwich City – have picked up fewer wins this term, while only three teams have suffered more defeats.
Not only have Leeds lost each of their last four Premier League games, but they have also failed to win any of their previous six.
Across their past five league outings, Leeds have conceded a combined total of 18 goals – scoring just five in reply.
Head-to-head: Leeds have only managed to win one of their previous seven meetings with Leicester across all competitions.
The Foxes have won three of their last five matches against Leeds, scoring over 2.5 goals in two of those victories.
Team news: Jamie Vardy returned for Leicester in midweek. However, Wesley Fofana, Ryan Bertrand, James Justin, Jonny Evans and Timothy Castagne remain sidelined through injury.
As for Leeds, they will be without the injured quartet of Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, Patrick Bamford and Leo Fuhr Hjelde on Saturday.
Leeds will almost certainly experience something of a new-manager bounce under Marsch. Still, Leicester should be too strong for the Yorkshire outfit.
Forebet predicts that Leicester will score over 2.5 goals on their way to dispatching Leeds.