Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers lock horns at the King Power Stadium for a place in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday (February 28). The Rovers head into the midweek clash on a run of three league wins and will look to continue in the same vein.
Leicester were left hovering just three points above the Premier League relegation zone following a 1-0 loss at home to leaders Arsenal on Saturday (February 25). That followed a 3-0 humbling against Manchester United on February 19, which snapped their three-game winning streak. The Foxes’ luck appears to have run out, but they set out to secure another FA Cup quarterfinal appearance following successive 1-0 wins over Gillingham and Walsall in the first two rounds.
Match Details:
- Match: Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers
- Date: 1 March 2023
- Time: 1:00 am
- Venue: King Power Stadium
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction
Leicester have endured a rocky Premier League campaign and are in for another tough 90 minutes against a spirited Blackburn side who have lost just once this year. An end-to-end affair could ensue, with the more experienced Leicester side likely to deliver the goods in front of their home fans.
Prediction: Leicester City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Head-To-Head
- With 38 wins from their last 98 meetings, Blackburn boast a slight upper hand in the fixture.
- Leicester have picked up three fewer wins in that period, while 25 games have ended all square.
- The Foxes are unbeaten in their last nine home games against Blackburn, winning four, since December 1994.
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Live Stream Time
This match will start from 1:00 am
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Date
This match will take place on 1 March 2023
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Team News
James Maddison’s disrupted campaign continued at the weekend, as the pivotal Leicester playmaker was ruled out of the defeat to Arsenal after falling ill overnight, and it is unclear whether he will fight off the affliction in time for the cup clash.
Ryan Bertrand, James Justin and Jonny Evans represent a trio of known injury absentees for the fifth round, and Rodgers is also expecting to be without Youri Tielemans, who suffered a “nasty” ankle problem against Arsenal but played on as Leicester had used up all of their substitutions.
Having shown no mercy to Walsall with a strong starting XI in the fourth round, Rodgers should adopt a similar approach here, but changes could still be on the cards as Boubakary Soumare, Nampalys Mendy and Patson Daka aim to return.
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Lineups
Leicester City:
Iversen; Pereira, Amartey, Faes, Thomas; Soumare, Mendy; Tete, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes; Daka
Blackburn Rovers:
Pears; Rankin-Costello, Carter, Hyam, Brittain; Travis, Buckley; Dolan, Szmodics, Hedges; Gallagher
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Odds
We say: Leicester City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers (a.e.t)
It is not difficult to envisage an in-form Blackburn putting their more esteemed opponents to the sword on Tuesday, but the Foxes gave Man United several scares last week and could have easily come away from their clash against Arsenal with a point on another day.
Extra time may be required to settle this intriguing battle, but we still have faith in Rodgers’s side to return to their goalscoring ways and book themselves another quarter-final date, as Blackburn are left to rue their depleted attacking ranks.
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Stats
Leicester City averaged 3.25 goals per game in Premier League this season, which is the second-highest average of all teams. That being said, Blackburn averaged 2.24 goals per game in Championship, but we still believe that this game will go over 2.5 total goals.
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Tips
Tip 1: Result – Leicester
Tip 2: Both teams to score – Yes (Both teams have scored in four of their last five meetings.)
Tip 3: Less than 4.5 cards – Yes (There have been fewer than five bookings in their last ten clashes.)
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Betting Trends
It’s pretty clear from the odds that Leicester is the absolute favourite in this match, which was expected. When it comes to other markets, the main candidate to be the First Goalscorer in this match is Jamie Vardy at 4/1 (5.00), which is the same as a 20.00% probability. Meanwhile, the most likely Correct Score in this duel is a 2-0 Leicester win at 32/5 (7.40) – 13.50%.
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers Where To Watch Live English FA Cup Today Match
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