Leicester City vs Burnley 9/20/20 - English Premier League Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 09/17/2020 at 3:33 PM ET

Leicester City hosts Burnley in matchday 2 of the English Premier League on Sunday. Leicester City opened its top-flight English league campaign last week with a 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion. Timothy Castagne scored the first goal for the Foxes in the 56th minute, followed by two goals from Jamie Vardy in the 74th and 84th minutes. Leicester City had possession for 65% of the match.

Over its last five matches played in the English Premier League, Leicester City has scored six goals while allowing nine. The Leicester City backline and goalkeeper have to clean sheets in the last five matches played. The leading goal scorer for Leicester City through the first match of the season is Jamie Vardy with two and Dennis Praet has the only assist for the Foxes.

Burnley will be playing its first match of the season when visiting Leicester City on Sunday evening. Last season Burnley finished 10th in the top flight English table at 15-9-14 on 54 points with a goal difference of -7. During the summer transfer window Burnley lost several players including Aiden O’Neill, Ben Gibson and Nahki Wells, while signing Will Norris from Wolverhampton and Josh Brownhill from Bristol City.

Over their last five matches played, Burnley has two wins, two draws and one loss. During that span, Burnley scored six goals and allowed four. Last season's leading goal scorer for Burnley was Chris Wood with 14, while Jay Rodriguez scored eight. The co-leaders in assists were Dwight McNeil and Ashley Westwood with six apiece. 

Leicester City is coming off a big victory and its first fixture of the season 3-0 over West Bromwich Albion, while Burnley will be playing its first match of the new campaign. Leicester City has one of the most prolific goal scorers in English football in Jamie Vardy and look for the Foxes to pressure in the attack third for much of the match and hold a big advantage in time of possession. Leicester City picks up another victory to go 2-0-0 on Sunday. Final Score Prediction, Leicester City wins 2-1

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