Profligate Leicester Travel To Bottom Club QPR

Queens Park Rangers host fellow Premier League new-boys Leicester City at Loftus Road tomorrow (29th November) with both clubs occupying a place in the top tier`s drop zone. Bottom club Rangers are three points from safety having accumulated a total of eight in their first 12 matches, whilst Leicester sit in 18th position and one point in the red with ten. The two sides are separated by last season`s Championship runners-up Burnley.

Harry Redknapp`s men have taken four points from their last four matches whilst also putting in fine performances against top-end clubs, the highlight being a draw earned at home to Manchester City. The league champions of the last campaign, City needed a late goal from Sergio Aguero to level up after an opener from Charlie Austin and an Martin Demichelis own goal put the London side in front. The match ended 2-2.

Their last game saw Moussa Sissoko claim the only goal of the match as they fell to a slight defeat away at Newcastle United. The team`s last win was at home to strugglers Aston Villa with Austin scoring a brace for the Hoops.

Former Burnley man Austin had nabbed four goals in his side`s previous three games before the match against the Magpies and is 9/5 with Bwin to find his shooting boots once again. As well as striking past Villa and City, the 25-year-old also claimed a goal in QPR`s 2-1 defeat against unbeaten Chelsea.

Leicester`s last win came in an emphatic 5-3 victory over Manchester United back in September, with the Foxes currently on a seven match run without a win. To make matters worse, Nigel Pearson`s men failed to score in six of these seven and are now without a goal in 450 straight minutes.

Leonardo Ulloa, who scored twice in the Red Devils` clash, is the bookies favourite to break the duck for the Foxes. The Argentinean forward is 40/17 with 888sport and unibet to hit the back of the net at any time.

Having conceded 23 and 20 goals respectively, QPR and the Foxes are two of only three teams to have let in 20 or more goals in the Premier League this season. The other is Crystal Palace (21). Punters can pick up 23/20 (Betvictor, Matchbook) on there being over 2.5 goals at Loftus Road tomorrow afternoon.

The King Power Stadium outfit followed up losses against Newcastle (1-0) and Swansea (2-0) and West Brom (1-0) and Southampton (2-0) with a goalless draw against Sunderland last time out. The last time fans of the East Midlands club could celebrate a goal was when they stuck two past Burnley in a 2-2 tie at the beginning of October. Jeffrey Schlupp and Riyad Mahrez put their team in front twice, only for Sean Dyche`s men to hit an equaliser in the 90th minute through Ross Wallace.

Both City`s poor form and their away disadvantage sees them the 12/5 (Betvictor, boylesports, Coral, Matchbook) outsiders for tomorrow`s clash. QPR are the 11/8 (bet365, Padd Power, william hill) favourites to grab a victory, whilst a draw is available at 12/5 with most bookmakers.

Leicester will have to find a replacement for Dean Hammond who is currently sidelined with a calf injury, though the visitors will be buoyed by the news that manager Pearson has no other new injury worries to contend with.

In home team news, Redknapp will once again be able to select Eduardo Vargas after the Chilean winger returned from a leave of absence following the birth of his baby daughter.

Richard Dunne won`t be present tomorrow after picking up a suspension for being shown five yellow cards already this season. A positive is that he should be replaced by former England international Rio Ferdinand who has recovered from a groin injury to register himself fit to play.

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