Leicester City were rolled over in a 5-2 defeat to a Manchester United side in transition during midweek in the EFL Cup, but Steve Cooper believes it바카라s all par for the course for his side. (More Sports News)
It came off the back of a disappointing 3-1 derby defeat to Nottingham Forest at the weekend. While it was a heavily rotated squad that lined up in Manchester, such a resounding defeat cannot help confidence ahead of their fixture against fellow promoted side, Ipswich Town.
But Cooper can look back on previous form and feel some comfort in his side바카라s ability to come back, particularly against those teams familiar with the Championship.
The last time the East Midlands outfit travelled away from home in the Premier League, they found themselves 2-0 down to Southampton at half-time but delivered a miraculous second-half performance to win 3-2. For Cooper, such changing fortunes are to be expected.
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바카라We will have games where we get really good results and the world feels like a brilliant place and we바카라ll get the opposite like we had at Forest.바카라
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바카라That journey will be full of ups and downs, there바카라s no doubt about that.바카라
Leicester currently sit fifteenth on nine points, ahead of Ipswich, who are without a win so far this season and currently languishing in the relegation zone on four points.
But Cooper will hope the 바카라ups바카라 return soon as failing to register a result against fellow potential relegation candidates could prove costly further down the line.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Ipswich Town 바카라 Liam Delap
Delap has scored 56% of Ipswich바카라s Premier League goals this season (5/9) 바카라 only Chris Wood has netted a higher share of his team바카라s goals so far this term (64% for Nottingham Forest).
He is Ipswich바카라s biggest threat having taken more shots (13) and shots on target (eight) than any other player in the squad.
Leicester City 바카라 Jamie Vardy
The Foxes veteran is in a rich vein of form. He바카라s scored in his last two games, and aged 37 years and 296 days on the day of this game would be the oldest player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances with a goal here.
He is Leicester바카라s top scorer this season with four goals in nine Premier League games. It is one more than he managed in 37 appearances in his last top-flight campaign of 2022-23.
MATCH PREDICTION: DRAW
Both times the newly-promoted sides faced each other in the Championship last season, the outcome was a 1-1 draw.
Ipswich have won all three of their previous Premier League home games against Leicester 바카라 4-1 in January 1995, 2-0 in January 2001 and 2-0 in December 2001.
However, in the last nine meetings between the two sides, Leicester have lost just one (W5 D3).
A comeback could be on the cards if the Foxes are to win at the weekend. In their last Premier League away game, Leicester City came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 against fellow promoted opposition, Southampton.
It ended a run of 11 top-flight away games without a win for the Foxes, last winning consecutive such matches in November 2022 (a run of three).
Ipswich have dropped 10 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, with only Brentford (11) dropping more. Indeed, the Tractor Boys let a two-goal lead slip to lose 4-3 in their last match.
But a win is overdue for the hosts, who remain winless in their nine league games so far this season 바카라 in their league history, only in 2009-10 (first 14) and 2018-19 (first 11) have they had a longer winless run from the start of a campaign.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Ipswich Town 바카라 42.8%
Leicester City 바카라 32.1%
Draw 바카라 25.1%
