Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Leicester City will meet Aston Villa in the continued match of the England League Cup or Carabao Cup semi-finals, where the match will be held at King Power Stadium. This match is of course very interesting because they will compete to advance to the final against Manchester City or Manchester United who meet in other matches.
Early in the morning Manchester City successfully embarrassed Manchester United with a score of 1-3, the potential of The Citizens to qualify for the final is huge. So Leicester City is also ambitious to challenge Pep Guardiola’s upbringing to take revenge for last December’s defeat when defeated 3-1. The home team Leicester City also have a good capital to face this fight, they are tough win streak in the last 3 matches.
Leicester City toppled Wigan Athletic in round 4 of the FA Cup by winning 2 goals without reply to Wigan Athletic and 2 matches before James Vardy et al also forced West Ham United and Newcastle United to admit defeat. Leicester City player Marc Albrighton wants his partner to maintain that performance.
“Those are all our targets. We are on the path we have set at the start of the season, so we should be satisfied with everything,” Albrighton was quoted as saying by lcfc.com.
“The busy period is right behind us, so we have to use all the players for our good. We need everything, we will continue that performance in January,” added Albrighton.
Meanwhile in the Aston Villa camp the promotion team this season did not have good capital, surprisingly A. El Ghazi et al had to be eliminated from the FA Cup yesterday because of a 2-1 trip to Fulham headquarters. Of course the results are shameful, even though Aston Villa in terms of quality and experience this season can win. But the facts speak differently, so Aston Villa is their best hope at this event.
But Aston Villa returned without their main goalkeeper Tom Heaton due to injury and was followed by Wesley, Matt Targett, Jed Steer, and John McGinn who were ruled out. Seeing the condition of the visitors and the game against Fulham clearly this first leg Leicester City getting the upper hand. The team made by Brendan Rodger is also the second rank team of the EPL standings, the strength of the host is one of the best. Most likely Leicester City can win a cage and become a capital leg 2.
Our Prediction: Under 2.5
Odds: 2.50