Should Liverpool be interested in Leicester attacker?
Harvey Barnes was the talk of Liverpool Twitter last week. I’m not entirely sure, but I’m not one to pass up an opportunity to take a detailed look at a player. The Leicester City man impressed me last season after returning from his loan spell. His expected goal contribution (goals and assists) was higher than averages posted by Raul Jimenez, Callum Wilson, Romelu Lukaku and a host of other names.
Barnes had an expected goals average of 0.32 per 90, …
Are Leicester a threat to Liverpool's title charge?
Picture the scene: It's mid-August, the Premier League season is about to get underway and you're told that Man City beating Leicester might be a good thing four months later.
Unfathomable, right?
Yet here we are, 16 matches into the league campaign, with Brendan Rodgers doing his very best to upset his former club.
Liverpool continued their outrageous form last weekend, making it 46 points from a possible 48 this season. On top of that, they are the only points …
Liverpool v Leicester City Preview - Klopp to outfox Puel's men at Anfield
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Martin Atkinson
Date & Time - Wednesday, January 30th @ 20:00
Current Odds - Liverpool 9/50, Draw 6/1, Leicester 12/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool seem to have overcome the minor blip they suffered in early January with defeat at Manchester City being followed up by an early exit from the FA Cup at Wolves.
Since then, The Reds turned in a professional performance to take all three points at Brighton while their last fixture at Anfield …
Leicester City v Liverpool Preview - Tough Trip to King Power Stadium
The Details
Venue - King Power Stadium, Leicester
Referee - Paul Tierney
Date & Time - Saturday, September 1st @ 12:30
Current Odds - Leicester 11/2, Draw 7/2, Liverpool 4/9
Form
Leicester Form
Claude Puel's men have made a steady start to their campaign. They were unfortunate to come away from Old Trafford with nothing on the opening night of the Premier League season. Since then they've beaten a Wolves team who showed us all last week against Manchester City that they are certainly …
Premier League 2018/19 Season Preview
After an enormously entertaining World Cup full of drama and decadence, we the football faithful have been cast into the darkness of a month without the beautiful game. This has not stopped the majority of the big Premier League clubs from making money moves in anticipation. Ahead, we preview what to expect from them this season.
Arsenal
Arsenal’s relatively early business in securing the tenacious Lucas Torreira (aptly auto-corrected to terrier), supplemented with the earlier additions of Borussia Dortmund’s spine, …
Observations as Liverpool Come Back From Behind Against Foxes
Liverpool came back from behind to win 2-1 with Leicester on Saturday after a blunder from Joel Matip saw Jamie Vardy put the visitors in front after just three minutes. Klopp's side responded well though, moving the ball around nicely and creating several chances for the in-form Mo Salah.
It seemed to be an off-day for the Egyptian after he failed to convert two great opportunities before returning to his usual free scoring self in the second-half. Sadio Mané delivered …
Liverpool v Leicester City Preview - The First of Two Tough Games in a Row for Klopp's Men
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Neil Swarbrick
Date & Time - Saturday, December 30th @ 15:00 GMT
Current Odds - Liverpool 2/7, Draw 9/2, Leicester 17/2
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool got back to winning ways against Swansea on Boxing Day. A comfortable first-half performance was improved upon after the break when the Reds extended their one-goal lead to run out 5-0 victors in the end.
Looking at the xG stats below, we can see that the Reds should have won all …
Why Liverpool's centre-backs need to start defending as a pair
Another game, another avoidable goal conceded and yet two more points dropped.....sound familiar? A game that the Reds having scored the all-important first goal should have won with ease instead turned into another case of deja vu. I wrote earlier this summer that if we didn't sign a top-class centre-half the transfer window would've been a failure and for me it's hard to argue against this, but if we forget the players we haven't got and focus on the ones …
Observations from Leicester vs Liverpool as the Reds sneak a win
Liverpool attained a semblance of revenge for the mid-week loss in the cup game against Leicester as the Reds prevailed by an odd goal in five. The important takeaways from tonight.
Liverpool buck the win-less trend
Liverpool headed into this game on the back of a 4 game winless streak (if such things can be called as streaks is a worthwhile debate), with this September looking to be in stark contrast to the previous one. The other lingering question was, …
Leicester City 2 - 3 Liverpool: Back to Winning Ways
The Details
Date: 23/9/17
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester
Background
As a result of those strange fixture anomalies that football can sometimes provide us with, Liverpool had to revisit the King Power Stadium this evening. Leicester, of course, had been the venue for the Reds' early exit from the Carabao Cup last Tuesday night.
The two starting elevens today were vastly different from those on Tuesday night, however. Leicester welcomed back players like Vardy, Mahrez, Schmeichel, Maguire and Andy King. While …