Leicester will face Southampton on Sunday for what will be their eighth FA Cup semi-final and first since 1982, when they lost to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur.
Having won two of their first three FA Cup semi-final ties between 1898 and 1902, Southampton have progressed from just two of their subsequent nine such matches, in 1976 and 2003.
Leicester City Southampton Latest Odds
Leicester beat Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League earlier this season and winning the FA Cup tie at Wembley is tipped to occur at (1.87) with BetKing.
Southampton have won their last two FA Cup meetings with Leicester, beating them 1-0 in January 2006 and 2-0 in January 2008 and another victory has been valued at (4.25).
A draw between the Premier League rivals in the FA Cup tussle is considered to happen at (3.65).
Leicester City vs Southampton Team News
James Maddison, Hamza Choudhury and Ayoze Perez are available after they were not included in the squad that played against West Ham United as they had breached the coronavirus regulations.
Caglar Soyuncu has also recovered from a Covid-19 infection and could be involved for the Foxes at Wembley. Harvey Barnes and James Justin are not available as Cengiz Under remains a doubt.
For the Saints, Takumi Minamino will not feature as he had featured for his parent club Liverpool in the preliminary stages of the domestic competition.
Michael Obafemi, Oriol Romeu and William Smallbone are the other players Southampton will do duty without.
Leicester City vs Southampton Preview
Leicester have lost all three of their matches at the new Wembley Stadium, with their last victory at Wembley coming in the 2000 League Cup final against Tranmere.
Southampton are yet to concede a goal in this season’s FA Cup, they could become the first team to reach the final of the competition without conceding since Everton did so in 1965-66.
Since winning the Football League Trophy final in 2010, Southampton have lost each of their last four games at Wembley Stadium, including an FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea in 2018.
Leicester City vs Southampton Tips and Predictions
Jamie Vardy has scored in all three of his appearances at Wembley Stadium for Leicester. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho has scored more FA Cup goals than any other player (13). Punters can therefore take an offer of under 1.5 goals at (3.38) with BetKing.
Under 1.5 goals at (3.38) with BetKing.
Odds correct at the time of writing. Please gamble responsibly.
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