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Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur – Mon 19 Aug, 20:00
Tottenham’s new brand of attacking football under Ange Postecoglu saw them go an entire season without a 0-0 draw. They scored a total of 74 goals in 38 games last season, but their aggressive pressing meant they were vulnerable at the back. They had the seventh-worst record in the league for expected goals conceded (64.5).
As for Leicester, they scored an average of 1.93 goals per game last season in the Championship and despite a tough assignment against Spurs in their first game, they should be able to take advantage of their opponents’ defensive vulnerabilities to score at least one goal. Their own defensive issues were exposed in pre-season as they failed to keep a single clean sheet in five games. Son, Solanke and Maddison should comfortably breach their defence on Monday night, helping us land the “Both teams to score” pick.
79% of Tottenham’s games in the Premier League last season saw three or more goals being scored. Their pre-season games have been full of goals, averaging 4.67 goals per game with five of the six fixtures going over the “Over 2.5 goals” line.
With Spurs set to continue with their high pressing style, another entertaining affair could be on the cards with a lot of goal-mouth action and with Leicester playing their first game back in the Premier League backed by a strong home support, they should be able to contribute to the goals tally too.
Team Booking Points – Each team Over 9.5
BET NOWTottenham picked up at least one booking in 34 of their 38 games last season in the Premier League with their high pressing style forcing the defenders and midfielders to commit fouls on the counter.
As for Leicester, they picked up at least one booking in 40 of their 46 league games in the Championship last season and with this being their first game back in the premier league, I expect a lot of strong tackles from their players to tackle Tottenham’s attacking firepower.
The referee in charge is Chris Kavanagh who averaged close to four cards per game last season. He dished out nine cards in his first competitive game this season in the Europa League as well as four cards in Tottenham’s pre-season friendly against Bayern Munich.
