Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Friday’s football game between Southampton and Leicester City will open the Premier League round 34. The Saints were not in action at the weekend, with the team suffering a 2-1 loss to Kane-less Spurs in their last league match. Southampton are nine points clear of the relegation zone ahead of the visit of Leicester, meaning that they should be happy with one point from the match.
All Oriol Romeu, Smallbone, and Obafemi remain on the sidelines with injuries, while both Ings and Bertrand should recover in time to face the Foxes, Brendan Rodgers’ troops, on the other hand, recorded a routine 3-0 win over WBA in their last league game, with the team moving one step closer to securing their spot in the Champions League. Considering that the Saints suffered four defeats in the previous five league fixtures, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Jamie Vardy and Co. All Morgan, Justin, and Barnes are likely to miss the game with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Theo Walcott):
Theo James Walcott is an English football player with roots from Jamaica born on 16th of March 1989 in London. Walcott started his football career for AFC Newbury and after scoring over 100 goals in his first season Southampton signed the young Walcott. After 2 seasons playing for the Saints scoring 4 goals in 21games Arsenal transferred Walcott to London for approximately 12 million GBP where he signed a 1 million GBP per year contract by the age of 17.
Walcott is known for being a very fast right-winger but is able to play as a striker as well. Walcott can be used very effectively to set up a counter attack but is the type of offensive player that is very dependant on the rest of the team.
Despite his young age Walcott made his debut for the English national team in May 2006 and played for over 40 games in the national team already. One of Walcott’s biggest weaknesses are his height (only 173cm) and the fact he get’s injured very quickly. Walcott won the FA Cup in 2013/2014 and 2014/15 with Arsenal and the Community Shield in 2015. During the World Cup in 2014 Walcott was injured.
Highlighted Team (Leicester):
Leicester City FC Is an English football club which was founded in 1884. The club ws originally founded as Leicester Fosse but due financial reasons the club changed its name in 1919 to Leicester City FC. The club is been playing in the Premier League and Championship on and off.
Leicester City hosts its home games in the King Power Stadium which holds a capacity of 33 000 seats. The club colors are blue and white. The Leicester fans call their club The Foxes.
Leicester City won 3 big titles: the League cup 3 times in 1964, 1997 and 2000. The club from Leicester managed to reach the FA Cup final 4 times. In lower English football divisions the club managed to win a couple of titles. The last time Leicester played in a European competition was in 2000/2001 where the club played, and lost 2 times against Red Star Belgrade. Remarkable players that played for Leicester City FC are Mancini, Lineker and Heskey.