The Foxes are having a good season. In the national championship, Leicester is now in third place, which, however, still needs to be defended. West Ham and Chelsea are just a point or two away and are ready to push Brendan Rogers’ men out of the Champions League zone. Leicestershire have not lost their chances to win the FA Cup. After all, out of the three semifinalists, they got a completely passable opponent. Southampton in terms of the quality of the game is noticeably inferior to Chelsea with Manchester City. In addition, there should be enough motivation for the cup tournament, because Leicester has never won an honorary trophy in their history. Nevertheless, we must say that the team reached the final four times, but lost in each of them. The last time, however, the Foxes played in the FA Cup final back in 1969. Last season, Brendan Rogers’ team reached the Cup quarter-finals, where they lost 0:1 at their home arena to Chelsea. In the current tournament, Leicester left out Manchester United in the quarterfinals, which they beat at home with a score of 3:1. In the quarterfinals, the Foxes knocked out another representative of the Premier League Brighton (1:0) from the Cup. By the way, they beat the “seagulls” in their own arena too. Leicester began their way for the trophy in the current tournament with victories over representatives of the lower divisions Stoke City (4:0) and Brentford (3:0). Defenders James Justin and Wes Morgan, as well as midfielder Harvey Barnes, will not be able to take part in the match due to injuries.
In the previous rounds “Burgundy” slowed down sharply. In the last match of the current championship, Sean Deitch’s charges lost at home to Newcastle with a score of 1:2, while before that they lost to Southampton (2:3). In terms of the tournament, Burnley is still in a good position. “Burgundy” take 16th place before the upcoming meeting. They have 33 points and are seven points ahead of the relegation zone. At the same time, Fulham, which leads the group of outsiders, also played one more match. On the road, Burnley have played with mixed success, alternating victories and defeats in recent away games. In the previous six, except Soton, Daich’s players lost to Chelsea (0:2) and Tottenham (0:4), beating Liverpool (1:0), Crystal Palace (3:0) and Everton (2:1). Burnley is now 17th in the league in overall play. The team lost eight out of 15 away matches, drew three times and achieved success on four occasions. Webmust say that Burnley scores very little away, having scored only 12 goals. Only Sheffield United has a worse indicator (7). By guests are injured midfielder Robbie Brady, striker Ashley Barnes and defender Kevin Long. Dwight McNeil and Nick Pope are in question. So, what is the accurate football predictions for today?
