Leicester City vs West Ham United Preview

April 16, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Sunday’s Premier League action from the King Power Stadium sees league leaders Leicester City take on West Ham United.

The Foxes sit seven points clear at the top of the table following last weekend’s 2-0 win at Southampton – their fifth straight victory and they have not conceded a single goal in the run.

They need just three victories to secure the championship regardless of what Tottenham Hotspur do in their run in meaning that the could take the crown at Old Trafford.

Claudio Ranieri has named an unchanged in eleven of his sides last thirteen games and could do so once more with the Foxes the only side in the division with absolutely no injury concerns.

Top scorer Jamie Vardy is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with Paddy Power with Riyad Mahrez a 7.5 (13/2) chance with Bet 365.

The home win is 1.95 (19/20) with most firms with the visitors as highly priced as the 4.3 (33/10) on offer from Bet Victor. The draw can be backed at 3.7 (27/10) with Sporting Bet.

West Ham, who could well be there story of the season in the Premier League if it wasn’t for the remarkable acheivements of their opponents, begin the weekend in sixth place just five points off the top four.

Wednesday evening’s defeat to Manchester United in their FA Cup quarter final replay ended a run of ten games without a loss though their last three in the league have been draws.

Diafra Sakho once again misses out for the Hammers though Winston Reid and Sam Byram could return after missing out midweek.

Following his hattrick in last weekend’s 3-3 draw against Arsenal, Andy Carroll can be backed at 9.0 (8/1) to get the first goal of the game with Paddy Power with Dimitri Payet a 10.0 (9/1) with Bet 365.

Leicester won the reverse fixture at the Boleyn Groud by two goals to one back in August while their meeting in the League Cup a month later also ended in triumph for the East Midlands outfit.

Bet 365 offer a price of 1.95 (19/20) for there to be over 2.5 goals this time around.

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