The advance of the twenty-sixth day of the Premier League puts Ruud Van Nistelrooy's Leicester, embroiled in a difficult and close fight to avoid relegation, in front of Brentford at the King Power Stadium, who instead travel at a good pace in the middle of the table, strong of a newfound freshness. Foxes and Bees with certainly different targets, therefore, and also with different recent results given that Leicester's moment is full of defeats (which however still keep the team in the game considering that the rivals are also struggling) while Brentford's is instead sparkling. The narrow victory against West Ham in the London derby played away was, beyond the minimum score (0-1), one of the best performances of Frank's team that really seems to have found itself and therefore, with the tranquility of those who know that they are doing well, will be able to approach this second part of the return round in a great way unlike Leicester, who need points and confidence even if, as far as self-esteem is concerned, the defeat with Arsenal, which matured, like others, only in the second half of the match, has once again shown the signs of a determined team but also too fragile in the key moments of the matches.

Leicester'shape and key statistics

Still having every chance of saving themselves considering that in the last 10 Premier League games they have suffered 9 defeats and 1 success is a rarity and perhaps a privilege and yet, for the Foxes, safety is currently only 2 points away. The progress, in recent months in particular, is truly disappointing but even the general one which says 4 wins, 5 draws and 16 defeats in the league is certainly not great.

Leicester has an average, per game, of 1 goal scored and 2.2 conceded but in the last 5 Premier League games played at the King Power Stadium, the goals scored have been 0.

Brentford's shape and key statistics

Brentford in 2025 is recovering thanks to what they were unable to do in the first part of the championship, that is, win away: they have already won 3 away games in the Premier League in the new year.

In the last 5 games, in general, the Bees have alternated good things with less good: 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the last match that however was a great highlight: the derby won against West Ham.

Important mention for the Brentford attack that with 43 goals scored in 25 games is the seventh in the entire championship.

Leicester - Brentford Prediction and Tactical Analysis

Brentford, both for their position in the standings and for the specific moment, can be considered even more relaxed in trying to express their game, predominantly offensive and lively that clashes with the, in the intentions, more pragmatic one of Van Nisterlrooy's boys. Good flashes of the game against Arsenal, however, have shown a good Leicester that, still in front of their fans, will have to give an important signal and try, at least, to return to scoring at home in the league. The BetMines algorithm prediction sees this possibility positively and thinks that both teams can score.

• The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Leicester - Brentford match predicts that both teams will score at least one goal at 58%
• The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Leicester - Brentford match predicts that at least one of the two teams will not score at 42%.

Predicted Lineups Leicester – Brentford

Leicester (4-2-3-1): Hermansen; Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Soumare, Ndidi; Goodnight, El Khannouss, Mavdidi; Vardy. Coach: Van Nistelrooy.

Brentford (4-2-3-1): Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis–Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa. Coach: Frank.