Why Liverpool vs Leicester is kicking off at distinctive time on busy Boxing Day

Liverpool shall be seeking to prolong their lead on the high of the Premier League desk in opposition to Leicester in Boxing Day’s late kick-off. 

The Reds got here out on high of a nine-goal thriller on the weekend, placing in one in all their finest performances of the season to beat Tottenham 6-3. 

Arne Slot’s facet had been relentless and moved away from Chelsea in high spot with their newest win, persevering with their kind heading into this recreation at Anfield. 

They welcome Leicester who’ve misplaced their final two matches, conceding seven objectives in complete in opposition to Newcastle and Wolves with out scoring one. 

Ruud van Nistelrooy began his tenure with the Foxes nicely, however now his males are solely sitting above the relegation zone by two factors. 

Liverpool vs Leicester: Kick-off time

This Premier League conflict will happen on Thursday, December 26. 

Kick-off at Anfield is scheduled for 8pm. 

That is the most recent kick-off on Boxing Day and the sport was moved to the distinctive time merely as a result of TV scheduling this week. 

All the video games after Christmas shall be broadcast reside on Amazon Prime.

Amazon have break up the fixtures all through the day, with one beginning at 12:30pm, 5 at 3pm, one at 5:30pm and this recreation at 8pm. 

This implies there shall be fewer clashes and permits Amazon to achieve the most important audiences for his or her festive fixtures. 

Liverpool vs Leicester has been handed the later slot, simply as Manchester United vs Aston Villa was final season as they kicked off at 8pm too. 

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• Liverpool are unbeaten of their final 12 Premier League residence video games in opposition to Leicester (W10 D2), since shedding three in a row between 1997 and 2000.
• Leicester have gained simply two of their final 12 Premier League video games in opposition to Liverpool (D1 L9). They’ve had three runs of three consecutive defeats on this run (together with a present one), however they’ve not misplaced 4 straight league video games in opposition to the Reds since between 1987 and 1996.
• Liverpool have gained their final seven league video games performed on Boxing Day, the longest present run amongst any facet in England’s high 4 tiers, and the Reds’ longest ever such run.

Liverpool vs Leicester: talkSPORT protection 

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Adrian Durham shall be your host whereas commentary comes from Mark Wilson and former Watford striker Troy Deeney. 

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And in addition to this, all the different Boxing Day fixtures shall be reside throughout our community this week. 

• Leicester have gained simply one in all their final 10 Boxing Day league video games (D2 L7), with that coming in 2018-19 in opposition to eventual champions Manchester Metropolis.
• Liverpool are unbeaten of their final 21 matches in all competitions (W18 D3). It’s their longest run with out defeat since a streak of 25 between April and November 2021, and their longest inside a single season since a run of 24 between January and Could 1989.
• Liverpool have conceded eight objectives of their final three Premier League video games, as many as that they had of their first 13 underneath Arne Slot. Nevertheless, the Reds have scored at the least twice in every of their final 9 league video games, their longest such run since September-December 2021 (11).

Liverpool vs Leicester: Group information 

The busy festive schedule normally results in loads of rotation, however Liverpool might not wish to change their group after beating Spurs. 

Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo had been most popular to Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez in that recreation whereas Dominik Szoboszlai starred in midfield. 

Ryan Gravenberch is offered after avoiding a suspension for 5 yellow playing cards for now, however Ibrahima Konate continues to be out injured. 

If Slot does rotate, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and Konstantinos Tsimikas may get some minutes together with Wataru Endo. 

As for Leicester, Harry Winks has solely simply returned to health and should not have the ability to begin, that means Oliver Skipp and Boubakary Soumare shall be in midfield. 

Wilfred Ndidi continues to be out injured whereas Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira are going to be out of motion till deep into the brand new yr. 

In purpose, former Liverpool shot-stopper Danny Ward is more likely to preserve his place as No.1 Mads Hermansen has been sidelined for a few weeks. 

Jamie Vardy regarded to have doubtlessly picked up a knock on the finish of their final recreation, however he’s not anticipated to overlook out at Anfield. 

• No present Premier League participant has been concerned in additional objectives (6) or supplied extra assists (4) on Boxing Day than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
• Mohamed Salah has scored 99 objectives in 141 residence video games within the Premier League (2 for Chelsea, 97 for Liverpool). If he scores, he’ll develop into the eighth participant to attain 100+ on residence soil within the competitors, and fourth-fastest, after Alan Shearer (91 apps), Thierry Henry (113), and Sergio Agüero (125).
• Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored eight Premier League objectives in opposition to Liverpool, with solely Andrew Cole (11) and Harry Kane (9) netting extra in opposition to the Reds within the competitors. On the age of 37 years and 350 days, Vardy would even be the oldest participant to attain a Premier League purpose in opposition to Liverpool with a purpose on this recreation.