Our prediction for this Championship match:
All eyes will be on King Power Stadium when Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion take on each other in the Championship round 44. The Foxes suffered a dip in form, with Ipswich Town melting their 16-point advantage, but they are still sitting in the automatic promotion berth. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but midfielder Kasey McAteer remains on the sidelines with a hamstring problem.
The Baggies, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 1-0 loss to Sunderland, but, as things stand now, they will make it to the Championship playoffs. Anyhow, home win should be considered as Leicester City want this triumph more than West Bromwich Albion. In the first half of the season the Foxes defeated the Baggies 2-1 at the Hawthorns. To make things even worse for the away side, midfielder Thomas-Asante is banned for the match.
Highlighted Player (Jamie Vardy):
Spending his early career playing no-league football, Jamie Vardy made the headlines when he joined Leicester City in a £1 million deal in 2012, but little did he know that he would go on to become a genuine Premier League star just three years later.
The experienced forward helped the Foxes gain promotion to the elite division and then score more than 20 goals as they mounted an unlikely title bid, earning worldwide acclaim as well as a place in the England squad. Vardy went on to score his first two goals for the Three Lions in March 2016 friendlies, with his back-heel goal against Germany in Berlin seeing him instantly become a fans’ favourite.
Over the years, Vardy has earned a reputation as a striker who never gives up and can be a real menace for opposition defenders, but his excellent goalscoring record and good link-up play are enough to suggest he can be described as a mix of old-style pacey forwards and modern strikers.
Highlighted Team (West Bromwich):
West Bromwich Albion Football Club (shortly West Brom or WBA) is an English football club which was founded in 1878 by employees of Salter’s Spring Works in West Bromwich (a small city in the region of West Midlands). West Bromwhich Albion hosts it’s home games in the Hawthorns stadium which holds a capacity of 26 500 seats.
West Bromwich Albion is one of the founders of the English Football League and is currently for over 90 seasons active in the highest division. WBA managed to win the FA cup 5 times in their history and the English Premier League once.
The club colors of West Bromwich Albion are blue and white. Known players in the history of West Bromwich are Bobby Robson, Nwankwo Kanu and Cyrille Regis.