West Brom vs Leicester Prediction: Another stalemate involving the Foxes

For the second week in a row, West Bromwich Albion are in Championship action on Friday night (20:00 BST, Sky Sports Main Event) as they play host to Leicester City at The Hawthorns. The Baggies have lost two matches in a row heading into this contest, while the visitors are unbeaten in their past four outings in the second tier.

Read on for my West Brom vs Leicester predictions, accompanied by the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

After two defeats on the spin, West Brom boss Ryan Mason is likely to make tweaks to his XI for the visit of Leicester. The likes of Toby Collyer, Mikey Johnston and Alfie Gilchrist could be in contention to start.

Isaac Price may be moved back into the number 10 role to have more of an impact in the game. Supporters have been calling for Mason to reinstate striker Josh Maja in the team to add more of a goal threat, but summer acquisition Aune Heggebo opened his account for the club last time out at Middlesbrough.

Albion have no fresh injury concerns heading into the weekend.

Football Odds

Leicester remain without defender Harry Souttar owing to an Achilles injury and he is not expected back until the end of the year. The Foxes are also missing Aaron Ramsey for the trip to The Hawthorns because of the red card he picked up on his debut against Oxford United.

Boss Marti Cifuentes may choose to stick with the same side that drew 0-0 with Coventry City last week, but he may be contemplating bringing in teenage star Jeremy Monga back into the team.

Today's Football Fixtures

West Brom vs Leicester Odds

West Brom have won three of their six league games this season and they are 6/5 to come out on top on Friday.

Leicester have won two of their past four Championship fixtures and they are 21/10 to come away with the three points.

The Foxes have drawn their last two outings in the second tier and the stalemate is also on offer at 21/10 (implied probability of 32.3%).

West Brom's last three home league matches have featured under 2.5 goals, which is priced at 8/11.

Draw @ 21/10

West Brom will be desperate to get back to winning ways after losing two in a row and their opponents may be unbeaten in four but they are also winless in their previous two outings.

This would suggest that Friday night's affair in the West Midlands is likely going to be scrappy. I think if you offered a point to both clubs now they would take it. The onus will be on Albion as the home side but they are facing a Leicester side who have individual quality in attack in the likes of Abdul Fatawu and Stephy Mavididi.

The hosts have good attacking players of their own, and after two disappointing performances, Mason will be hoping he can make the right adjustments to get them flying again.

Leicester were held at home to Coventry last weekend but their stalemate at Oxford United the week before was a lot more surprising. It's clear that both the Foxes and West Brom still have things to work on, which is perfectly normal at this stage of the season.

They will both focus on being competitive in this clash but I think they will have to settle for a share of the spoils.

Under 2.5 goals @ 8/11

Low-scoring games at The Hawthorns have been a bit of a trend over the past year and it has carried on into the new season. The Baggies' three home clashes in the Championship to date in 2025/26 have featured under 2.5 goals, and it's four if you include their Carabao Cup tie with Derby County which they lost on penalties.

For Leicester, three of their last four appearances in the second tier produced fewer than three goals, with no goals being scored in their match against Coventry a last weekend.

I've put forward my case as to why I think this will be a cagey draw and I think the same reasons will also be reflected in the scoreline.

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