Leicester vs Derby Prediction: Rams to take down the Foxes

Derby County will be looking to avenge the 3-1 defeat suffered at home to Leicester City earlier this month when they head to the King Power Stadium to face the Foxes in the Championship on Monday (19:45, live on Sky Sports+).

Read on for my Leicester vs Derby predictions, complete with team news and match odds.

Leicester vs Derby Odds

Leicester are the 11/10 favourites to pick up the win on home turf, with the draw priced at 9/4 and Derby 13/5 to claim the spoils.

The Foxes won 3-1 when these two met at Pride Park earlier in December and it is 16/1 for a repeat of that scoreline for the hosts.

Team News

Jannik Vestergaard will need to be assessed after missing Leicester's defeat to Watford on Boxing Day, while fellow defender Harry Souttar is out with an ankle injury.

Forward Patson Daka is also unavailable as he is away with Zambia at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Derby are without the suspended Joe Ward following his red card in the draw with Birmingham, while Carlton Morris remains sidelined due to injury.

Dion Sanderson is in line to be recalled after he was ineligible to face his parent club on Boxing Day.

Derby to win @ 13/5

Derby have been excellent away from home, collecting 18 points from a possible 33 to boast the joint third-best record in the Championship.

Only leaders Coventry and second-placed Middlesbrough have managed more points on their travels than the Rams, who arrive in the East Midlands looking to extend their unbeaten run to five matches.

John Eustace's side have the extra incentive of trying to avenge the 3-1 loss to Leicester at Pride Park earlier this month, and the visitors look capable of coming up trumps.

The Foxes, who are three places and a point behind Derby, have lost their last two games, going down 4-1 to QPR and 2-1 against Watford.

Head coach Marti Cifuentes has struggled for consistency and a bad result at the King Power, where his side have won just four times in the league, would increase the pressure on him.

Derby - Most Booking Points @ 21/20

Derby have picked up the joint-most yellow cards in the Championship this season, with the Rams and Hull City both on 53.

Leicester have also fallen foul of the official numerous times, collecting 46, but it is County who are backed to receive the most booking points on Monday.

Eustace's troops received three cautions in the meeting at Pride Park, one more than the Foxes, and a similar outcome is expected here.

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