Leicester City aims to take an important step towards the survival of the Premier League Friday evening when they welcome Brentford in the Premier League.
The Foxes have been in disastrous form since the arrival of Ruud Van Nistelrooy and have now lost nine of their last ten championship games after the 2-0 defeat last weekend at Arsenal. Their King Power Stadium record was particularly without inspiration, with five consecutive losses of championship without scoring.
All the hope is not lost, however, Friday victory leaving the relegation zone before the weekend. Currently 19th in the ranking, Leicester would climb above Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers if they were to conquer Brentford.
Brentford has been typically inconsistent this season. They depended on their excellent home record during the first half of the campaign, but have now started improving their trips with three successive victories. However, their assessment increasingly unconvincing in western London means that they are stuck in 11th.
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Leicester vs Brentford Record head-to-head (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Leicester |
Brentford |
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Leicester 0-2 Arsenal – 02/15/25 |
West Ham 0-1 Brentford – 15/02/25 |
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Man UTD 2-1 Leicester – 07/02/25 |
Brentford 0-2 Tottenham – 02/02/25 |
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Everton 4-0 Leicester – 02/01/25 |
Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford – 01/26/25 |
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Tottenham 1-2 Leicester – 01/26/25 |
Brentford 0-2 Liverpool – 01/18/25 |
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Leicester 0-2 Fulham – 01/18/25 |
Brentford 2-2 Man City – 01/14/25 |
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Country |
TV channel / live flow |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, now TV |
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UNITED STATES |
FUBOTV, NBCSPORTS.COM, NBC SPORTS AP, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes in Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
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Canada |
Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network Canada |
Leicester is without Jasames Justin after the right back has made an ankle injury against Arsenal the last time. With Ricardo Pereira always sidelined, the January Recruit Woyo Coulibaly enters the alignment for his first departure in the Premier League.
Abdul Fatawu and Odsonne Edouard are also in the treatment room, with the latter, loaned by Crystal Palace, not presenting since November due to a mixture of injury and bad shape.
The Leicester VS Brentford range (4-2-3-1): Hermansen; Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; From Cordova-Reid, El Khannous, Ayew; Vardy.
Kevin Schade scored the only goal of the match against the Hammers and begins as part of a four threaters who also contains Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo and the underestimated creator Mikkel Damsgaard. Only Mohamed Salah (15), Bukayo Saka (10) and Antonee Robinson (10) provided more aid than the eight of the Denmark international this quarter.
Brentford could not call on Aaron Hickey, Rico Henry, Joshua Dasilva, Gustavo Nunes and Igor Thiago, with Sepp van den Berg also excluded.
Brentford Lineup vs Leicester (4-2-3-1): Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa.
Leicester may not have scored in his last five home games in the Premier League, but their bad fortune in front of the goal should end as soon as possible. They were guilty of having rejected certain promising moments to King Power and could end their drought against one of the more leaks in the division.
However, after conceding two or more in 12 of their last 13 games in all competitions, it is unlikely that the match sheet is sufficient to obtain essential points on Friday evening. Brentford has a great attack record – they have marked more than the third Nottingham forest this quarter – and should dominate a defense in difficulty of Leicester.
