Leicester vs Tottenham Prediction: Son can shine in fast Spurs start

Monday night (kick-off 20:00) sees the final fixture of the first round of Premier League action as Championship winners Leicester City host a Tottenham side looking to mount a serious push for the top four.

The Foxes had a difficult transfer window as they lost manager Enzo Maresca and star midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea. Tottenham meanwhile have splashed the cash this summer, spending over £100m to strengthen their squad and the North Londoners are aiming to go at least one better in the league after losing out on Champions League football to Aston Villa by two points.

Leicester vs Tottenham Match Odds

Tottenham are warm favourites to take home all three points at 3/5 whereas Leicester are 9/2 to snatch a shock victory at the King Power Stadium with the draw at 100/30..

Goals are expected with over 2.5 priced at 1/2 and over 3.5 at 6/5, while both teams to score pays out at 4/7.

Team News

New Leicester boss Steve Cooper could be without a number of first teamers for their season opener, with strikers Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka on the sidelines alongside Conor Coady through injury.

Full-back Luke Thomas requires a late fitness test to assess his availability, although new signings Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Facundo Buonanotte are both available and should feature in some capacity on Monday night.

Ange Postecoglou will also be without a handful of players as Richarlison and Fraser Forster are both injured, while midfielder Yves Bissouma is serving a one-match club suspension for an off-the-field incident.

The injury to Richarlison should allow new signing Dominic Solanke - brought in for £65million from Bournemouth - to make his full debut for Spurs up front.

Tottenham to win and Both Teams to Score @ 7/4 

Tottenham began last season with eight wins and two draws across their opening 10 league matches and they can again start the new campaign brightly when they travel to the King Power - where they have won on two of their last three visits.

However, Ange Postecoglou’s men largely struggled to keep clean sheets last season - with just seven shutouts registered in the league - so a goal for the hosts looks a real possibility.

Heung-Min Son to score anytime @ 5/4

With Richarlison unlikely to feature through injury, and Solanke potentially playing his first game for the club, captain Heung-Min Son may take the goalscoring responsibility once again for Tottenham.

The South Korean netted 17 league goals last season, finishing eighth in the scoring charts, and he will be expected to continue this form at a side he has netted 10 goals against previously.

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