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title: "Match Preview: Tottenham vs Leicester"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ed Payne"
section: "Features"
published: "2016-01-13T00:46:46Z"
modified: "2016-01-13T00:46:46Z"
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# Match Preview: Tottenham vs Leicester

Tottenham play Leicester for the second time in four days when they face each other again at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night.

The two sides drew 2-2 on Sunday, as both sides named much-changed teams and only a last minute Harry Kane penalty kept Spurs in the FA Cup.

***Tottenham***

Spurs head into the game having only lost one Premier League game at home all season and having only lost one Premier League game since the opening day. However, there has been too many draws in that time with Spurs having drawn as many Premier League games as they have won this season (9).

Mauricio Pochettino is expected to bring back a plethora of first team starters, with Lloris, Vertonghen, Davies, Alli, Lamela and Kane all expected to start after being rested from the starting XI on Sunday.

If Spurs beat Leicester, it would mean they move 4 points clear of West Ham in 5th place and close the gap to Leicester in 2nd to 1 point.

![Harry Hubbard/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readtottenham.com/readtottenham/2016/01/504353204.jpg)

***Leicester***

After a flying start to the season, Leicester’s season seems to have hit the buffers. Without a win in their last 3 Premier League games and without a goal in that time too, Claudio Ranieri will want to make sure his side return to winning ways as soon as possible.

The team news for Leicester is that top scorer Jamie Vardy is expected to return whilst Riyad Mahrez is very likely to be restored to the starting XI having found himself on the bench.

![Harry Hubbard/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readtottenham.com/readtottenham/2016/01/5043532081.jpg)

***Last 5 meetings:***

Tottenham 2-2 Leicester- January 2016

Leicester 1-1 Tottenham- August 2015

Tottenham 4-3 Leicester- March 2015

Tottenham 1-2 Leicester- January 2015

Leicester 1-2 Tottenham- December 2014

***Match Prediction:***

***Tottenham 3-1 Leicester***