English Premier League Odds: Leicester City vs. Sheffield United Prediction

A massive fixture in the fight for European football is on tap for Thursday Sheffield United will travel to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City. This is a battle between the No. 4 (Leicester City) and No. 7 (Sheffield United) teams in the standings but they’re only separated by five points. Both sides have much to play for and three points could be huge for the final standings. The English Premier League soccer odds have Leicester City as a -100 favourite.

Leicester City Odds and News

It is absolutely crucial that the foxes take all three points from this game. Currently sitting on 59 points, they are only in the top four on goal difference (tied in points with Manchester United) and could even drop to a potential sixth or even seventh-place finish if they don’t collect the full allotment of points here. That’s because the Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United are not far behind. Moreover, Leicester could hardly have dreamed a more difficult run in. After playing a Sheffield United side fighting for Europa League football, they will face Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and finish the season at home to Manchester United, in what could play out to be a Champions League qualification decider.

Leicester has been very shaky of late and hasn’t appeared to have the quality of a team that’s heading to the Champions League next season as of right now. Their most recent fixture saw Bournemouth score four goals in the second half to put on a miraculous comeback and things weren’t much better before that. They have won just one of their seven games since the restart and have been the victors in just three of their last 14 Premier League matches. With vital players like Ben Chilwell and James Maddison out due to injury, and Caglar Soyuncu suspended for the rest of the season, the roster is beat up.

 Sheffield United Odds and News

 The blades come into this one with practically the opposite form to Leicester. They have won three of their last four matches with the only time they dropped points being an away draw to Burnley. And it’s not as if they’ve had an easy schedule. Since Project Restart began, United have faced Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Chelsea. And, even though they went into most of these games in severely poor form, they took nine points from a possible fifteen in these games. Considering the recent results of their competitors, they will be thrilled with this.

With few important players likely to miss the match, the Blades will like their chances against an out of form Leicester team, knowing that they could even overtake the foxes come the end of the season.

Leicester City vs Sheffield United Prediction:

 Sheffield United 2, Leicester City 1