West Bromwich Albion hosts Leicester City in round 1 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, September 13th at The Hawthorns (West Bromwich)
West Brom held a quiet but confident summer segment, playing four friendly games in anticipation of the Premier League and making several important acquisitions. The team showed itself well in the attack. It scored 77 goals in 46 Championship matches, and there were 44 goals scored in 23 home rounds. The results are impressive, and the team is in good shape. It is clear that it will be difficult to score in the Premier League at once. But given the coincidence of circumstances (Leicester's injuries), West Brom must take the chance to score in the first round. However, it will be extremely difficult for the Throstles to score more than one goal.
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Leicester, which showed a disgusting ending of the last Premier League season, continues to skip a beat. The choice of defenders will bring Brendan Rogers a lot of headaches - the captain Johnny Evans is disqualified, and the experienced Wes Morgan is out of shape. Therefore, pivot Ndidi should become a partner of Soyuncu in the center of defense. I don’t know how these two legionnaires will interact, because the Turk failed the end of the season, and the Nigerian will play in an unfamiliar position. Moreover, it opens up a new problem in midfield, where Leicester will fail without Ndidi and Maddison (injury), which will affect the ability of the home team to create. The Foxes also have a bunch of problems with the defensive flanks - Chilwell left the club, and Pereira is still injured. Fuchs is in bad shape, and Castagne just joined the club this week. He played in another league and even in a different position last season. In general, the staff losses of the visitors means they are very likely to concede.
The home pitch factor is present, but West Bromwich will surely concede without the support of the fans that is so important in the first round of the Premier League. Leicester's attack is too good. The Foxes have Jamie Vardy's experience and skill, Ayose Perez's stable performance, and Tielemans' mobility, and the entire game model is built with a roll to the attack. Even being in mediocre shape in the last eight matches, Leicester did not score only against Manchester United and Tottenham, which are teams of a different level. But such Leicester will not be able to score many goals - they will probably stop at one or two, like the hosts. I think the teams will exchange goals, but I don't expect scoring extravaganza.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – yes and Under 4.5 goals scored
