On Monday, January 1, from 17:00 at the “King Power” stadium, the score of the match “Leicester” – “Huddersfield” of the 26th stage of the second league of England will take place.
Leicester, the clear leaders, are clear favorites at home to Huddersfield, who are fighting to avoid relegation; moreover, the league leaders seem unstoppable in the race for a comeback after just one season in the Premier League.
Leicester are 1st with 62 points, eight more than second-placed Ipswich Town and 11 more than 3rd-placed Southampton, with that at the end of the season, the first two directions are promoted, and those who occupy the 3rd -6th positions compete in a playoff in the elimination system to determine the third promotion.
Enzo Maresca’s side have won seven and drawn two of their last nine league games (unbeaten since November 11, 0-1 away to Middlesbrough), and won 2-0 at Cardiff in the previous round. (for 25 rounds played, he has only three defeats).
Leicester have won 10 and lost two of their home games in the Championship this season, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Stephie Mavididi as the Foxes’ top scorers in the Championship with eight goals each.
It should be noted that at the moment with 50 goals scored and 17 goals conceded, Leicester have the best attack and the best defense in the second division of England!
Huddersfield are 21st with 25 points, four ahead of 22nd-placed Quens Park Rangers, the first position to be relegated (teams finishing 22nd, 23rd and 24th will be relegated to League One) and have achieved success, a draw and three defeats in their last five league games, losing 1-2 at home to Middlesbrough in the previous round.
Darren Moore’s side have two wins, five draws and five defeats in their away matches in the current Championship, with Delano Burgzorg and Michal Gelik as their top scorers, who each have six Championship successes.
In the tour match, which took place on August 12, Leicester won 1-0 at Huddersfield thanks to the success of Mavididi (73).
Superbet offers odds of 1.22 on prediction 1: the home team will win the match between Leicester and Huddersfield.
| Leicester – Huddersfield | 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.22 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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