Liverpool – Leicester City

Fans won’t see more than four goals on the favourite’s pitch

Liverpool started the current season as the third favourite in the Premier League. At Champions League level, the Merseyside club was traditionally ranked below Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid and a few other teams. However, Dutch coach Slot, who was appointed to replace Klopp, has brought a fresh look to the team and brought back the winning psychology to the players. Liverpool are now favourites to win all tournaments in which they take part. Leicester City returned to the Premier League from the first place in the Championship at the end of last season, but can not yet establish themselves here even as a mid-table side. Now the Foxes are above the relegation zone, but risk falling there after one or two victories of competitors. Bookmakers have identified the hosts as clear favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.12 on their victory. Liverpool played a Premier League match against Tottenham in London on Sunday. It came after the team's two draws in the Premier League. The two matches are Liverpool's longest unbeaten streak in the league since the start of the season. And in between, the Merseysiders' wins in the Champions League and English League Cup have been squeezed in. Nottingham Forest for more than four months of the season is still the only club to beat Liverpool. Recall, then, Slot's wards were preparing for their Champions League kick-off against Milan. Undoubtedly, Salah and company are determined to beat Leicester. However, what will the level of effort be against the Foxes, given the onset of the busiest period of Premier League matches in the season's calendar? Leicester were taken over by Ruud van Nistelrooy three weeks ago, having done well as Manchester United head coach in the period following the sacking of Erik ten Hag before the appointment of Ruben Amorim. The legendary forward had a difficult legacy to live up to, but he broke Leicester's six-match unbeaten streak in his first game in charge. After beating West Ham, the Foxes made peace with Brighton, but still lost to Newcastle in the third meeting. Leicester are clearly weaker than their opponents, but the hosts are expected to win at Anfield in economy mode.