Leicester vs Southampton Prediction: Saints to march on?

Leicester City are in major danger of suffering back-to-back relegations this term having been deducted six points in the Championship. They now sit level on points with the relegation zone and have picked up one point from their last five outings. 

Next they host a Southampton side (19:45 GMT) pushing for the play-offs and below you can find my Leicester vs Southampton predictions featuring team news and more.

Team News

Leicester’s Bobby De Cordova-Reid is suspended for the next three matches after being sent off at Birmingham, while Joe Aribo cannot play against his parent club. Harry Winks, Louis Page and Divine Mukasa are all in contention to play in midfield instead, with Mukasa in line to make his first Leicester start if named in the XI. 

Caleb Okoli is back from suspension and could partner Ben Nelson, although January arrival Jamaal Lascelles is in contention to start again having played at St Andrew’s.

Meanwhile Southampton manager Tonda Eckert has hinted at a couple of changes for this one. "That's just because it's a short break, only two days [between games], and it's an away game. I would assume that we have a couple of changes in the starting eleven.”

Flynn Downes was withdrawn against Watford but should be fit to return to the squad here, while Cyle Larin may be given a start having scored the winner from the bench.

Football Odds

Today's Football Fixtures

Leicester vs Southampton Odds

Leicester are priced at 2/1 to win this game while Southampton are the 13/10 favourites, giving them an implied win probability of 44%. A draw is 12/5, over 2.5 goals is 5/6 and BTTS is 4/6.

Cameron Archer and Ross Stewart are both 5/1 to score first for the visitors, while Patson Daka is 13/2 to score first for the hosts.

Southampton to win to nil @ 11/4

Southampton are looking good right now, having won three of their last four and drawing the other match with fierce rivals Portsmouth. Eckert seems to go through winning runs with this side, but they’ve got plenty of ammunition to make it into the top six from this position. 

Interestingly, they look to have sorted their defence, with three clean sheets in their last four contributing to their turnaround. With Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Jack Stephens performing strongly, I think they should have no trouble finding all three points and another clean sheet against a hapless Leicester outfit that are in danger of going down (again). 

James Bree to get booked @ 9/2

Great value here for Southampton right-back Bree to get himself booked. He was booked against Watford which was his ninth yellow of the campaign, ranking him only behind Junior Tchamadeu (10) in the Championship this season. 

Up against a couple of tricky wingers in the form of Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu, I think he’s going to have to make a few fouls at the King Power and as a result, he could make it 10 yellows for the season. 

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