Liverpool vs Leicester City Prediction

This Boxing Day Premier League match sees Leicester City make the trip to face Liverpool at Anfield. It is a crucial match for the travelling side as recent results have seen them slowly slip down the table and they are heading into the relegation zone if nothing changes.

Key Stats

• Liverpool have scored 14 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Leicester City have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches
• Leicester City haven’t managed to score in their last 2 games
• Liverpool have kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League (7)
• Mohamed Salah is the Premier League Golden Boot leader with 15 goals

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Liverpool come into this game in flying form, top of the Premier League table with a gap of four points to second place. They have just smashed Spurs 3-6 on the road and Mo Salah looks to be in impeccable form as always. Leicester on the other hand have had a thrashing handed to them in their last by relegation zone side Wolves. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s men will try to come back from that but Liverpool are certainly not the team that they would have wanted to come up to try and do that. This Thursday could get embarrassing for Leicester.

Liverpool Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Alisson; Andy Robertson, Virgil Van Dijk (c), Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold; Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch; Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah; Luis Díaz

Liverpool have had an excellent start to the season, finding themselves as league leaders so early on in the campaign. After 16 games they sit in first place with 12 wins, one loss and three draws. Those matches have left them with 36 points, holding a four point gap to second placed Chelsea and with a game in hand due to the postponement of the Merseyside derby. In the goals for The Reds has been the unstoppable force of Mohamed Salah, having a Balon D’Or worthy season. The Egyptian has found the back of the net 15 times this season, the highest tally out of all the players in the Premier League. It hasn’t just been the spectacular goal output for Salah like it usually is, but Salah has been a provider for 10 assists to his teammates. He broke records once more, becoming the first player in Premier League history to reach double digits in goals and assists before Christmas Day. Liverpool fans will all be hoping that Santa delivers them a Salah contract extension as he is just unreplaceable. He cannot avoid being the star of the show and that should be no different against Leicester this Boxing Day.

Leicester City Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Danny Ward; Victor Kristiansen, Jannik Vestergaard, Conor Coady, James Justin; Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp; Stephy Mavididi, Facundo Buonanotte, Jordan Ayew; Jamie Vardy (c)

Leicester City have had an awful start to the season, finding themselves in the just outside the relegation zone. After 17 games they sit in 17th place with three wins, nine losses and five draws. Those matches have left them with 14 points, just two points away from entering the bottom three. Veteran of the Premier League now, Foxes captain Jamie Vardy has still been the one that Leicester has relied on for goals. He has put his name on the scoresheet six times in the 16 matches that he has featured in. Brighton loanee Facundo Buonanotte has been the next best provider with four goals to his name. Ruud van Nistelrooy will be hoping they can step up in this difficult challenge this Thursday, trying to not make the scoreline too humiliating,

Head To Head Stats: Liverpool vs Leicester City

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Liverpool. This Thursday should keep it that way as Liverpool have only lost once this season, still performing at the highest level from day one of the campaign.

27th September 2023 – Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City – Carabao Cup Round 3

15th May 2023 – Leicester City 0-3 Liverpool – Premier League

30th December 2022 – Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City – Premier League

10th February 2022 – Liverpool 2-0 Leicester City – Premier League

28th December 2021 – Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool – Premier League

Betting Tips For Liverpool vs Leicester City

Liverpool are flying in the Premier League standings at the moment, and it doesn't seem like they can be beaten. Impressive performances from Mo Salah and the rest of the Liverpool players make it difficult not to root against them.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Liverpool To Win + Mohamed Salah Anytime Goalscorer as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 8/15 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £15.33 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Liverpool vs Leicester City

Liverpool 4-0 Leicester City

Liverpool are still continuing the incredible form that have been producing, a thrashing of Tottenham last weekend and it is five years to the day since Liverpool beat Leicester 4-0 on Boxing Day.