Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Bet Builder Tips: Card-happy Foxes ace can make it a good night

It's an East Midlands derby at the King Power Stadium on Friday night (20:00, Sky Sports Main Event) to get the Premier League weekend up and running, and it should be a tasty affair as Leicester City and Nottingham Forest square off.

Read on for my Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Bet Builder tips, which pays out at an enticing price of 12/1 if successful.

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The old rivals are set to battle for the 110th time in competitive fare and there is nothing to split them, with 41 wins each and 27 draws on the record.

Forest have made the better start, losing just one of their league games, and they are four points clear of the Foxes, but the Tricky Trees will know a clash against their former manager Steve Cooper's side is going to be a tester.

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Odds

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Match Result - Draw

After 109 previous tussles, these bitter East Midlands rivals are inseparable and three of the last eight head-to-heads have ended in stalemate. It's worth siding with the draw again.

Three of Forest's last six in the league have ended in a stalemate; they are joint-highest in that department with Ipswich.

The Foxes are also finding it hard to win games, claiming just two victories from eight in the league, and have notched three draws thus far. It would have been four but for a 98th-minute winner at Southampton last weekend.

City have won just one of the last four clashes with Forest at the King Power Stadium and this could be honours even again.

Both Teams To Score - Yes

What does seem sure is there will be goals, with five of the last seven meetings between these clubs yielding four or more strikes.

Leicester are the second-highest Premier League goalscorers amongst the clubs outside of the top seven, but they've conceded 14 times in eight games.

Five of Forest's eight league goals have come on the road. They've yet to fire an away-day blank and remain unbeaten after four road trips which included going to Anfield and Stamford Bridge.

Player to Receive a Card - Facundo Buonanotte (LEI)

Leicester signed Facundo Buonanotte on loan from Brighton for the season and the teenager is impressing.

He has three goals and two assists in the Premier League this season, no mean return after starting only five times and missing the trip to Crystal Palace last month.

The Argentinian got the winner against Bournemouth in Leicester's first win and kick-started the comeback against Saints last weekend, so he's looking to make it three scoring games in a row.

He has also been booked four times in his last five Leicester appearances, while he landed himself in the referee's notebook seven times last season for Brighton.

The youngster made seven tackles and committed four fouls en route to his St Mary's caution and the fiery atmosphere that seems certain here could lead him into more trouble with the officials.

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