After an impressive victory against Everton in the EFL cup midweek, Manchester United travel to the King Power Stadium to face in-form Leicester City on Saturday afternoon. United are now on a three game winning streak while Leicester have won four out of their last five games, comfortably defeating Mourinho’s Tottenham in their last game.
Some of betting predictions for Leicester City vs Manchester United match are:
Leicester City vs Manchester United Betting Tips
Safe Bets
• Manchester United and Leicester are both attacking teams with relatively weak defences. Both teams are amongst the top scorers in the league and with attackers like Vardy, Maddison, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Tielemans and Martial we expect many goals to be scored in the game. Therefore one of the safest bets of the match is on both teams to score at odds of 1.57 (WilliamHill) giving decent returns.
• Jamie Vardy has continued his goal scoring form and has been Leicester’s key man in attack with eleven goals in thirteen games this season. He is the first choice penalty taker for Leicester and with playmakers like Barnes, Maddison and Tielemans around him, we suggest betting on him to be on the scoresheet at odds of 2.00 (betway).
• Marcus Rashford was on the bench against Everton midweek and played on twenty minutes. He has three goals in his last four league games and has been playing more centrally due to Martial’s bad form. Therefore, him having more than 1 shot on target at odds of 2.50 (WilliamHill) is one of the best bets of the match.
Quick Rich
• James Maddison’s brilliant form has returned with him getting two goals and an assist in his last four league games. With Leicester looking as potential title challengers and the Euros next year, Maddison will be looking to impress to get an England call up. Therefore we suggest betting on him to get more than one shot on target at odds of 6.00 (WilliamHill).
• The match is going to be the most exciting match for boxing day with the winner going on second position at the table and as both teams have been in top form, we expect it to be a close match and predict the score to be Manchester United 2-2 Leicester City at odds of 13.00 (betway).
Win/Lose/Draw
Though Leicester City have only won one of their twenty two matches against Manchester United and United are favourites to win the game, Brendan Rodgers has tactically outclassed teams like Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham this season and has a quality team which can beat Manchester United. Hence we predict the match to end in a draw at odds 3.60 (betway).
Bet During the Match
As United played a game midweek against Everton, it will be their seventh match in seventeen days, while Leicester have had a whole week’s rest. Therefore if Leicester dominate the match from the start you can bet on them to win the match at odds of 3.10 (betway).
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