Liverpool continue their quest to end their title drought when they host Leicester City on Wednesday night. Their closest competitor in the table, Manchester City, visit Newcastle United tomorrow night, so the Reds will be well aware of that result before this match kicks off. With the gap between the two sides just four points, neither side can afford to be settling for draws instead of wins.
The Merseysiders currently have an injury crisis in defense, and it will be interesting to see how manager Jurgen Klopp makes his selections for his first team. He will likely have to keep on slotting midfielders in the back line, as a stop gap measure.
Liverpool won 2-1 in the reverse fixture earlier this season, and have emerged victorious 11 of their last 12 League fixtures.
The Bank Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction vs Leicester City (4-3-3)
Forwards: Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino
Midfielders: Xherdan Shaqiri, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita
Back line: Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Dejan Lovren, Fabinho
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Leicester City at Liverpool FC FYIs
Kick-off: 8pm (BST), 3pm (EST) Wednesday January 30, Anfield Stadium
Google Result Probability: Liverpool win- 78%, Draw 15%, Leicester City win- 7%
Odds via Bet Fair: Liverpool 1/4, draw 6/1, Leicester City 16/1
Injury Report for both teams: go to this link
Leicester City Recent form in Premier League: WWLWLL
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Liverpool Recent form in Premier League: WWWLWW
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Prediction: Liverpool 2, Leicester City 1
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