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Two teams which ended previous season at neighbouring positions in mid-table open the 28th round of English Premier League. At the moment the home team, Leicester occupies the eight place and has even 10 points more than next-to-last Stoke. Neither of teams is in good shape lately, and we need to mention that their match played last autumn had ended as a draw 2-2.

Leicester

That was their third draw in Stoke in a row, while the Foxes won two previous home matches this team which makes optimistic their fans ahead of the Saturday’s match. Besides, the Foxes won at home second-division Sheffield United 1-0 last weekend and qualified for the quarter-finals of FA Cup. With that they partially make it up to their fans for the latest three-game winless streak of two defeats and one draw in the league.

True, they lost both times outside their stadium, to Everton and Manchester City, while at home they won two and drew two matches. The last draw was played with another team that struggles to survive, Swansea. Right because of that everyone in Leicester team is very careful about this duel with next-to-last Stoke. The match should skip only not fully ready stopper Huth and forward Okazaki, while recovered stopper Morgan could be a starter after a long break.

Probable lineups Leicester: Schmeichel – Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs – Mahrez, Ndidi, Iborra, Albrighton – Iheanacho, Vardy

Stoke

The guests from Stoke are under much bigger pressure ahead of the Saturday’s match as they have moved again to the drop zone after the latest three-game winless streak of two home draws and one defeat away. Stoke has just one point fewer than 18th-placed Southampton and two than 17th-placed Huddersfield. On the other hand, last placed West Bromwich has even five points fewer than they but for the Potters is far more important what happens above them as several good results can quickly propelled them to the mid-table.

However, to achieve something like that manager Lambert players must show more courage when playing outside their stadium as they lost even six away matches and drew one. That is why we expect far more aggressive Stoke in match with worry-free Leicester. Regarding the team, it will be probably similar to one that drew at home with Brighton in previous round. We need to add that not fully ready are midfielders Fletcher and Ireland, and forward Crouch who are questionable for this match.

Probable lineups Stoke: Butland – Bauer, Shawcross, Zouma, Pieters – Cameron, Ndiaye – Shaqiri, Allen, Choupo-Moting – Diouf

Leicester – Stoke PICK

Despite that Stoke won just one point from last seven league matches we expect from them to play more aggressively and courageously in duel with 8th-placed Leicester as in the meantime they again moved to the drop zone.

Pick:  both teams to score 1.87 - 87/100 @1XBet