Liverpool vs. Leicester

On January 1, Liverpool is facing against Leicester City in the first duel at Anfield Stadium for the new 2015. These two rivals have already met in that tournament, as it happened earlier this month when Merseysiders won with the convincing 3:1 visit to the rookie. Merseysiders currently occupy the eighth position in the ranking with asset by 28 points, while Leicester City was the last one with only 13 points earned from 19 games played.

In the last three rounds of the Premier League the team of Brendan Rodgers has managed to stabilize and managed to win a total of 7 points from three games. In the days before Christmas The Reds had a draw of 2:2 at home to Arsenal.

On the other hand, the freshman that season Leicester City end the negative series of six losses in a row in the League, as it happened just a few days ago. The team of Nigel Pearson outplayed Hull City with a minimum of 1:0 thus remained just three points from the safety zone. In the fighting before this victory Leicester City meet difficulties and consequently suffered a defeat against Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester City and West Ham.

The bad news for Brandon Rogers will be the absence of a good presenter Martin Skurtel, who received a 5 vs. Swansea her a yellow card during the campaign and will have to endure punishment. Daniel Sturridge and Glen Johnson continue to recover from injuries, and Suso and John Flanagan still are not in optimal physical shape. Joe Allen, Dejan Lovren and Bradley Jones will undergo late fitness tests.

Good news for Nigel Pearson will be returning to the ground on Jamie Vardi, who is available after a time, but now his teammate Paul Konceski was punished. Kasper Schmeichel and Andy King are out due to injury, while Matthew Upson still needs time to get back in the game.

Last 5 played games:

Liverpool

14 December: Manchester United-Liverpool: 3:0 (Premier League)

17 December: Bournemouth-Liverpool: 1:3 (League Cup)

21 December: Liverpool-Arsenal: 2:2 (Premier League)

26 December: Burnley-Liverpool: 0:1 (Premier League)

29 December: Liverpool-Swansea: 4:1 (Premier League)

Leicester

7 December: Aston Villa-Leicester: 2:1 (Serie A)

13 December: Leicester-Manchester City: 0:1 (Premier League)

20 December: West Ham-Leicester: 2:0 (Premier League)

26 December: Leicester-Tottenham: 1:2 (Premier League)

28 December: Hull City-Leicester: 0:1 (Premier League)

Previous matches

Liverpool-Leicester

101 matches in total

42 victories for Liverpool

23 draws

36 wins for Leicester

Goal difference: 158:128 for Liverpool

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