Liverpool will be looking to build on their thrilling 6-3 weekend win at Tottenham Hotspur when they host beleaguered Leicester City at Anfield on Boxing Day. The Reds produced one of their most impressive performances of the season to see off Spurs and there are plenty of reasons to believe they can follow up with another convincing win here. Result Decimal odds Fractional odds US moneyline Liverpool 1.
13 1/8 -800 Draw 13.0 12/1 +1200 Leicester City 29.0 28/1 +2800 Arne Slot’s players are in tremendous form – they are W4-D1-L0 from their last five matches – and an impressive W6-D1-L1 at home in the Premier League this season.
Those that may have an inkling this is normally a good time of the year for Liverpool to collect points would be correct – the Reds have won each of their last seven Boxing Day fixtures, racking up a sensational +19 goal difference across the seven games in question. While Slot and his players will head into the game in confident mood, Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has plenty to concern him. The Foxes have lost their last two matches in emphatic fashion – a 4-0 defeat at Newcastle United on their last away trip came before an arguably even more dismal 3-0 home defeat to fellow strugglers Wolves last weekend.
Individual and collective defensive mistakes littered those last two Leicester performances and will be a massive cause for concern for the visitors as they prepare to face rampant hosts. Van Nistelrooy and his players will kn.
