Owen predicts victory for Tottenham over Leicester
Former Manchester United and Liverpool striker Michael Owen has shared his prediction ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League fixture against Leicester City which takes place Sunday afternoon.
Last time out, Owen correctly predicted that Spurs would draw at Brentford but suggested it would be by a 1-1 scoreline, when in fact it ended up goalless at the Brentford Community Stadium.
Antonio Conte is without Oliver Skipp, Japhet Tanganga and Matt Doherty for the remainder of the season and admitted at Saturday’s press conference that Sergio Reguilon will also miss the visit of the Foxes.
Owen believes that Spurs will bounce back by taking all three points against Brendan Rodgers’ side and get their Champions League quest back on track.
He told BetVictor: “I can’t believe Spurs’ last two results. They looked full of confidence and goals, I don’t know what’s happened. The only positive, is that they haven’t lost too much ground to Arsenal in the race for fourth.
“Leicester got a point against Villa last week, but it wasn’t a classic. They’ve not been finding the net as much recently. They’ve drawn two in a row, and they probably should have won both.
“A third game in a row without a win would be unthinkable for Spurs. I’m predicting a 3-1 win.”
Tottenham’s lack of creativity in their last two matches is certainly a cause for concern and something which has to be addressed immediately.
Conte has had a full week to work with his players on the training pitch while Leicester were last in action on Thursday night in the Europa League, the Spurs players should be much fresher coming into the fixture.
Meanwhile, Spur player Ben Davies believes Tottenham are still in control of their own destiny in the Premier League top-four race and insists the side will respond to the disappointment of the last two results.
He told the official Spurs website: “The last time we had a couple of bad results we went on a great run, hopefully, we can do that again.
“Every time you go on a good run, teams will always change their tactics to make it difficult for you. That will happen.
“Now, it’s about how we deal with it and how we respond. We’re well aware that the last couple of results needed to be better and we’re focussed on putting it right.
“We know the importance of it, and we’re well aware of what needs to be done. It’s in our hands. We’ve big games coming up, matches where we know we need results.
“We have to go into them full of confidence. If you’d have given us this position six months ago, we’d have bitten your hand off, so we’re looking forward to it.”
