Tottenham vs Leicester Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Both Spurs and Leicester are badly in need of an upturn in results as the two sides meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 26th January, 2025: UK – 2:00pm / US ET – 9:00am / US PT – 6:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Fubo
Tottenham Team News: Injury crisis
Spurs could have as many as 12 players missing on Sunday, although Ange Postecoglou was hopeful that Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon and Yves Bissouma would be available.
Dominic Solanke could face up to six weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury, but Rodrigo Bentancur returned after concussion in the Europa League on Thursday and could feature again.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kinsky; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Reguilon; Sarr, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Richarlison
Unavailable: Vicario (Injured), Romero (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Udogie (Injured), Johnson (Injured), Werner (Injured), Odobert (Injured), Solanke (Injured)
Questionable: Spence (Injured), Reguilon (Injured), Bissouma (Injured), Sarr (Injured)
Leicester Team News: Coulibaly debut?
New signing Woyo Coulibaly is set to be in the squad for the first time and could even start, with Ruud van Nistelrooy hoping to inject some new life into his under-performing squad.
Wilfried Ndidi is on the road to recovery and is poised to resume training next week, but goalkeeper Mads Hermansen still has a bit of work to do before he re-joins the group.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Stolarczyk; Coulibaly, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare; Ayew, El Khannouss, Mavididi; Vardy
Unavailable: Hermansen (Injured), Pereira (Injured), Ndidi (Injured), Fatawu (Injured)
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Tottenham vs Leicester Prediction
Languishing down in 15th place, the patience of the Tottenham board and fans alike is being tested to the limit at the moment, with Ange Postecoglou's injury-hit side having picked up just one point from the last 18 available.
Spurs have lost as many games as promoted side Ipswich in the Premier League campaign, but only league-leaders Liverpool have scored more goals than them so far. The combination of those statistics has resulted in plenty of entertainment at least, but there's only so much longer that results can continue to fall short of expectations.
It will be a relief to Ange, then, that his side now face an opponent who are on a torrid run of form. After initially having a positive impact when he took the reigns at Leicester in late November, Ruud van Nistelrooy has now watched the Foxes lose their last seven Premier League games, while they have only scored twice in that time.
For all their defensive absences, Spurs are still a potent threat at the other end of the pitch and they are more than capable of putting a few past a Leicester outfit low on confidence.
Tottenham vs Leicester Tip: Tottenham to win & over 2.5 goals
