Monday's King Power clash between Leicester and Everton is a massive relegation showdown that both sides know they cannot afford to lose.
The struggling Foxes and Toffees are in the relegation zone and have five games to play so time is running out if they want to survive.
Leicester vs Everton Betting Tips
- Leicester to win @ 21/20
- Leicester Total Goals - Over 1.5 @ 11/10
Team news
Kelechi Iheanacho is expected to miss the remainder of the season with an adductor muscle injury so Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka are on standby to both start for Leicester.
Defensive duo Jonny Evans and Ricardo Pereira are close to returns but may have to sit this one out, while Ryan Bertrand is another closing in on full fitness for the hosts.
Jannik Vestergaard and James Justin, however, remain on the sidelines.
Everton captain Seamus Coleman has missed the last three games with a thigh injury but may be available for the visitors in what would be a big boost to Sean Dyche.
Mason Holgate is back after suspension but is set to have to settle for a place on the bench, with Nathan Patterson also pushing to start.
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Leicester to win @ 21/20
The two teams' predicaments at the bottom of the table means obviously that their form this season has simply not been good enough and now there is the distinct possibility that one or both of these two proud clubs could be in the Championship next season.
For Leicester, who famously won the Premier League title against the odds in 2015-16, the shock of going down to the second tier - where they have been 10 times since the turn of the millennium - may not hit quite so hard as it would for Everton, who have been in the top tier continuously since 1954.
However, making a case for an away victory for Dyche's side in what is a must-win game is very difficult.
Everton have all the look of a side free-falling into relegation. The Merseysiders have won just one of their last 10 games, with that run containing five defeats and four draws, and they head into this game on the back of a dismal 4-1 home reverse to Newcastle.
Leicester, at least, have shown signs of being up for the fight of late. The appointment of Dean Smith on an interim basis looks to have had a positive impact as the Foxes came from behind to beat Wolves before securing a battling 1-1 draw at Leeds last time out.
It won't be pretty and it's likely to be a tense, tight occasion, but Leicester, at odds of 21/20, can edge it and secure a precious three points that could dramatically alter the outcome this season for both teams.
Football Betting Odds
Leicester Total Goals - Over 1.5 @ 11/10
If Smith's men are to prevail, they will probably have to score more than once and, at 11/10, that selection looks solid value.
Admittedly, goals have not exactly flowed for City in recent weeks as they have managed just eight in their last 10 league games but at home they have hit two or more in six games this season and, importantly, they did it last time out against Wolves when it was needed most.
To add to the feeling the Foxes should score more than once, Smith has plenty of attacking options at his disposal, despite an untimely injury picked up by Iheanacho.
Smith started Jamie Vardy, Patson Daka and Iheanacho in that last home game against Wolves but, with the latter ruled out, the likes of James Maddison or Harvey Barnes could be deployed further forward to get at a Toffees' defence that has been shipping plenty of goals of late.
Dyche's side have conceded 12 across their last six league games - an average of exactly two per game - and their backline looked particularly porous and short of confidence during the damaging Newcastle defeat when the Magpies managed 15 shots, eight of which were on target, alongside an xG figure of 2.4.
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