Both Wolves and Leicester recovered from defeats last weekend to win in midweek. Wolves claimed a 2-1 win over 9-man Arsenal, while the Foxes secured a comfortable 2-0 win away at Fulham.
Leicester remain 16pts clear of Wolves in 3rd spot and Sunday’s hosts remain firmly in the bottom half of the table.
Maddison's cross... Kelechi's finish...A brilliant opener from the Foxes yesterday ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/Ik0wR2Q66v— Leicester City (@LCFC) February 4, 2021
Maddison's cross... Kelechi's finish...A brilliant opener from the Foxes yesterday ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/Ik0wR2Q66v
Recent encounters between these two clubs have been very closely fought. Each of the last five meetings between Wolves and Leicester have been decided by a maximum of a 1-goal margin.
Three of the duo’s last five clashes have ended in goalless draws after 90-minutes and Leicester pinched a 1-0 win when the pair last went head-to-head in November. Under 2.5 goals have been produced in six of the last seven meetings between the pair, which points towards Sunday’s game been tight and tense.
Wolverhampton have been inconsistent of late, picking up two wins, one draw and two defeats from their last six matches. Leicester head into this game as the form favourites with four wins, one draw and one defeat from their last six outings.
Both teams have scored in three of Wolves’ and three of Leicester’s last six fixtures, but under 2.5 goals have been produced in three of the home side’s and four of the visitor’s last six games.
The hosts have struggled for goals since losing joint-top scorer Jimenez to a long-term injury and Leicester have been without their top scorer Vardy (11 league goals) since mid-January. Barnes and Maddison have both scored more Premier League goals than any Wolves player this season, which bodes well for the visitors this weekend.
Rayan Ait Nouri, Fernando Marcal, Raul Jimenez, and Jonny have all been ruled out of Sunday's match, but Romain Saiss could return.The visitors wont be able to call upon Praet, Fofana or Castagne this weekend, and there are doubts over Vardy and Ndidi.
Leicester have picked up three wins from their last six encounters with Wolves and certainly have form in their favour this weekend. All of the stats point towards this game being close and competitive throughout, but the Foxes are the bookmaker’s favourites to secure all 3pts.
Leicester have outperformed Wolves in all departments so far this season and remain in the hunt for the Champions League places. Wolves have found the 2020/21 campaign tough, showing just glimpses of the side that finished 7th last season.