Leicester City – Watford

The rivals will differentiate themselves at least three times in Saturday’s encounter

As impossible time for Leicester City in the second decade of November there was a break in club football for the period of national team matches. It's all about the fact that the team, stockpiling victory after victory in the Championship, sharply began to lose. Given that before the beginning of the current month, the "foxes" lost only one match, then two defeats in a row for their fans look like a full-fledged "black streak". And there is some logic in this, because Maresca's charges, at least, lost the sole leadership, allowing to overtake themselves defiant Ipswich Town. Watford were not favourites to win the championship before it started, nor for promotion, so the current thirteenth place of the Hornets is not too surprising. Although, of course, the traditions of this club of the last decade suggest its being at least in the top ten of the Championship. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.53 on their victory. Leicester after the departure changed the head coach. In contrast to other teams that dropped out of the Premier League, Maresca's players quickly adapted to his tactical schemes and to the realities of the second division of England. "Foxes" best of all started the season, winning thirteen out of fourteen fights. Maresca's team could only compete with Ipswich Town in second position until early November, but the start of this month brought defeats to the Foxes from Leeds United and Middlesbrough. This has allowed third and fourth-placed Leeds and Southampton to close the seemingly huge gap to Leicester and increase the pressure on them. The home side now need not only a win but a win by a good margin to regain their confidence. Watford in the first round won the biggest win in the Championship and topped the standings for a week. However, from the second round, the Hornets started to show themselves as strong middles, but by no means leaders. Now Watford has a good form, which is expressed in a six-match unbeaten streak. The opponents score more than three goals per match on average. We bet that they will justify this statistic on Saturday.