Comments and predictions for Leicester City vs Brentford: Strangling the home team

Latest Leicester City vs Brentford team information

Leicester City are facing personnel concerns ahead of their big game. Full-back James Justin is racing against time to recover from an ankle injury sustained against Arsenal. His availability will be assessed close to kick-off. If Justin does not recover in time, Woyo Coulibaly will have the chance to start for the first time since joining the team. In addition, Wilfred Ndidi's impressive return in the last two matches has strengthened Leicester's midfield, and this will likely see Harry Winks continue to sit on the bench. However, the manager will still be without Ricardo Pereira due to a muscle injury, and Abdul Fatawu, who is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

On the other side of the front line, Brentford are also facing a bit of a squad concern. Defender Sepp van den Berg has to undergo a late fitness test to determine the severity of his knee injury. However, the good news for Brentford is the timely return of Ethan Pinnock, who can fill in for Van den Berg if he is not fit enough to play. Overall, coach Thomas Frank is likely to keep the same starting lineup after an impressive performance in the win over West Ham. Schade, who scored an important goal and a hat-trick against Leicester in the first leg, is expected to continue to shine.

Meanwhile, Mathias Jensen is still waiting for his chance to regain his place in the starting lineup after recovering from injury. Josh Dasilva, Igor Thiago, along with full-back duo Aaron Hickey and Rico Henry are still in the recovery process and cannot return to the field.

Leicester City vs Brentford latest expected lineup

Leicester City:

Hermansen; Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Soumare, Ndidi; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, Mavididi; Vardy

Brentford:

Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa

Latest football commentary on Leicester City vs Brentford

Despite suffering a ninth defeat in his last 10 Premier League games, Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy still tried to find positives from a 2-0 home defeat to Arsenal. The Foxes held their title rivals to a draw for more than 80 minutes before succumbing, continuing to sink deeper into the relegation zone and dropping to 19th place.

The defeat also marked Leicester's fifth consecutive defeat at the King Power. If they lose tomorrow, they will set a record of six consecutive home defeats. More worryingly, Leicester have conceded 11 goals without scoring a single goal in this poor run. Leicester are in danger of repeating a sad record, with only one team in the history of the English top flight having lost six consecutive home games without scoring (Norwich City). However, their hopes of staying up are still alive as they are not too far from safety. Friday night's game is also a plus, helping Leicester temporarily escape the relegation zone before their rivals Ipswich Town and Wolves play. A win would see Van Nistelrooy's side leapfrog Wolves and climb to 17th in a tight relegation battle. Leicester have also had a good record at home to Brentford in the past, with four Premier League games unbeaten.

However, Brentford, having ended a 12-game winless streak against Leicester with a 4-1 first-leg win, are in with a chance to win the Premier League double over their opponents in the last 72 years. Brentford's recent away form has been a boon to that ambition. Brentford have gone from a team with impressive home form but poor away form to a dangerous side away from home. After picking up just two points from their first nine away games of the season, Brentford have won three in a row away from home against Southampton, Crystal Palace, and West Ham. Kevin Schade scored early in the win over West Ham, taking Brentford's tally in the opening 10 minutes of a game to seven, the most in the league. A bigger result could have been had it not been for offside decisions.

Brentford are looking for a fourth consecutive away win in the Premier League, a feat they have never achieved in the history of the competition. Poor home form has prevented Brentford from competing for a European place, leaving them content with a bottom-half finish. However, there is hope if they can win and close the gap on Fulham. With an impressive run of form since promotion on Friday night (13 points from 5 games), Brentford will be hoping to extend that run in this game.

Latest Leicester City vs Brentford score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Leicester City vs Brentfordas follows:

• Sportsmole:Leicester City 0-2 Brentford

• WhoScore:Leicester City 1-3 Brentford
• Our newspaper predicts:Leicester City 1-3 Brentford

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