Leicester City midfielder Riyad Mahrez. (Photo : Getty Images)
Defending champions Leicester City FC (3-6-3, 12 points) will look to have a breakthrough win in the ongoing 2016-2017 Premier League season as they meet newly-promoted side Middlesbrough FC (2-5-5, 11 points) at the King Power Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 26.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 10:00 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Leicester City has lost two straight games and has been winless in five of their last six matches to drop to the 14th spot in the current English top flight table. The team has struggled in their title defense after 12 rounds of competitions so far this season.
Head coach Claudio Ranieri's boys were nipped by middling side Watford at the Vicarage Road last Saturday, as per Goal.
French midfielder Etienne Capoue scored the opening goal of the match after just 32 seconds off an assist from team captain Troy Deeney to give the hosts an early one-point lead.
The Hornets doubled the lead in the 12th minute with a goal from Argentine midfielder Roberto Pereyra, who was just signed in August.
Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez was able to trim the gap for the defending champs in the 15th minute with a penalty kick off a foul by Watford defender Miguel Britos on Leicester striker Jamie Vardy inside the penalty area.
However, both sides remained scoreless for the rest of the match with the Foxes getting the losing end of the stick.
Meanwhile, Middlesbrough was edged by current league leaders Chelsea, 0-1, at their home ground of Riverside Stadium last Sunday, the Telegraph reported.
Spanish forward Diego Costa scored the lone goal of the match in the 41st minute to hand head coach Aitor Karanka's squad their fifth winless games in their last six outings as well.
The Boro is at the 15th spot of the league table at the moment, only one point below Leicester City and also one point above the bottom three relegation zone.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 1-0 bounce back win for Leicester City.
Leicester City starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Zieler; Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs; Mahrez, Drinkwater, Amartey, Albrighton; Okazaki, Vardy
Middlesbrough starting lineup (4-5-1 formation): Valdes; Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Da Silva; Traore, de Roon, Clayton, Forshaw, Ramirez; Negredo
