Tottenham Hotspur finally get back to business on Thursday when they face Leicester City after having two games canceled because of COVID-19.
Leicester’s defense has been very fragile this season and bookmaker 10Bet has the odds at 2.40 for Spurs to score over 1.5 goals. The odds are at 6.25 for them to explode for at least three goals.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: December 15th, 9:30 A.M. (EST)
The COVID-19 break has disrupted Tottenham’s season, but it might have been a blessing for them as new manager Antonio Conte has now had some good time on the training pitch to work on things he would like to improve.
The Italian has had a pretty good start at the club with four wins and just one loss in six games. He’s steered the Spurs to three consecutive league victories. The club last had a four-game winning streak within a season in November last year.
With already three clean sheets recorded, Conte seems to have found a way to stop leaking goals but there’s still plenty of work to do when attacking.
Nearly half of the season is gone but Harry Kane still sits on just one league goal and that’s a shocking fact considering how prolific the England captain has been throughout his career. It’s good and bad news at the same time for the team as they would like to see Kane score regularly, but even with him firing blanks, they are still in the race for a Champions League spot.
Facing Leicester is a special matchup for Kane. He spent some of his developing time at the club on loan in 2012-13 and Kane always seems to score against the Foxes. He’s netted a career-high 17 goals in just 16 matches versus Leicester.
It currently seems like there’s no better time than now to get a goal against Brendan Rodgers’ team. Leicester have already conceded 27 goals in the league and have allowed two-plus goals 14 times in 25 games across all competitions this season.
Leicester’s defense has been struck badly by the injury bug with Jannik Vestergaard, Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Jonny Evans and Daniel Amartey all sidelined. Kane will be in a prime spot to finally get going on Thursday and Conte will likely be very disappointed if it doesn’t happen.
