FA Cup preview and odds: Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Published on: 18/01/2016

FA Cup preview and odds: Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

January 20, 2015 20:00pm - King Power Stadium

FA Cup Third Round Replay

Leicester City and Tottenham will face each other for the third time in 10 days when the two sides clash in this FA Cup Third Round replay at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday night.

Leicester with upper hand

Having held Tottenham to a 2-2 draw in the first Cup meeting between these two teams, Leicester then condemned their rivals to a 1-0 defeat at in the league at White Hart Lane. Claudio Ranieri`s team will now have an opportunity to progress to the next round of the FA Cup, when they take on the Londoners again, this time on home soil.

The Foxes have come unscathed through their trickiest spell of the season so far, and are still level on points with Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. They have lost just one of their last 15 matches in the league, but have only scored two goals in their last five fixtures. A missed penalty from Riyad Mahrez in the game against Aston Villa prevented the East Midland side from going clear at the top if the table.

Spurs bounced back from the league defeat at home to Leicester by handing out a 4-1 thrashing to Sunderland at the weekend. As a result, they have retained their top four status for another week. Maurico Pochettino`s men have not been beaten in their last nine away games in the league, and their last defeat on the road in any competition came at Anderlecht in the Europa League back in October.

Team news

Ranieri could once again give some fringe players such as Demarai Gray and Ben Chilwell the chance to impress.

Meanwhile, Spurs can be expected to put out a strong team with just Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb currently unavailable for selection through injury.

Recent form (League)

Leicester City: DWDDL

Tottenham Hotspur: WLDWW

Betting odds and tips

Despite their respective positions in the league table, and the result of their most recent clash, the bookies have made Tottenham as favourites to progress.

However, the Foxes have only been beaten once at home since April and can be backed to win over 90 minutes at a great price of 39/20 with Bet365.

By Neil Morris

Published on: 18/01/2016

Any odds displayed within this preview were correct at the time of publishing (18/01/2016 18:50:02) but are subject to change.