Everton vs Leicester City Pick, Odds, Prediction 12/1/2019

by Josh Schonwald - 11/26/2019

Sunday, December 1, 2019

King Power Stadium

Gylfi Sigurðsson and Everton (4-2-7, 16th in EPL) travel to King Power Stadium on Sunday where they'll take on Leicester City (9-2-2, 2nd in EPL). The probable starting goalies are Jordan Pickford for Everton and Kasper Schmeichel for Leicester City. Leicester are at at -139 while Everton are priced at +350. The total has been set at 2.5.

Everton comes into this game with a mark of 4 wins, 2 draws, and 7 losses which is good for 16th in EPL. So far this season, they have converted a total of 12 goals which is 17th in the EPL. Their goal differential is -7, which is good for 15th in the EPL. in respect to shots on target, they currently have a total of 54 which is 8th in the EPL. As a group, Everton currently has a total of 142 fouls which means they are averaging 11.83 fouls per contest. They currently have a total of 14 points for the season and they are averaging a crowd of 39,217.

Gylfi Sigurðsson is a top player to watch for the Toffees. The midfielder from Iceland has participated in 357 games in his career and has played a total of 25,772 minutes. Over the course of that time, the 29-year-old has tallied 91 goals and has had an assist on 54 goals. Over the course of his career he has an average of 72.2 minutes per appearance. Sigurðsson has started 285 games and has totaled 238 fouls in the process. Concerning shots on target, Sigurðsson has a total of 343 which has him ranking 9th when compared to all players still active and 1st among midfielders. Richarlison is another guy to watch out for on the squad from Everton. The 22-year-old from Brazil has netted 30 goals over the course of his professional soccer career which ranks him 95th out of active players in the Premier League. He has played 9,273 mins over the course of his professional soccer career which ranks him 55th among active forwards and averages 73.0 mins per game which ranks him 157th in the Premier League. In his career, he has totaled 88 shots on target which ranks him 54th among active forwards.

The man looking after the goal for the Toffees is Jordan Pickford from England. He is 25 years old and has played 21,012 minutes defending the goal in his career. Pickford has conceded an average of 1.38 goals per 90 mins which puts him at 21st out of all active goalies in the Premier League. For his career, he has given up 323 goals. He has a career save percentage of .689 which puts him at 21st out of all active professional goalies.

Leicester City will be looking to get a victory in this matchup and for the campaign they sit with 9 victories, 2 draws, and 2 losses. When talking about goal differential, they are ranked 1st in the league with +23. They currently have a total of 30 goals for this season. Leicester City has a team save percentage of .800 which has them sitting 1st in the league, which means chances to score may be scarce. They have an average attendance of 32,040 putting them at 11th in the league.

One of the scorers to remember for the Foxes is James Maddison. The 22 year-old has delivered 33 balls into the back of the goal in the time he's played professional soccer. He ranks 45th among active midfielders in assists with 24 and has connected on 90 shots on target. He has played a total of 10,147 mins and is averaging 71.0 minutes per appearance. Another name to know on this team is Jamie Vardy. The forward from England has scored 142 goals in his career which ranks him 6th among active forwards. He also has totaled 265 fouls.

In net for the Foxes is Kasper Schmeichel who has had a solid career by giving up only 1.12 goals per 90 minutes and that places him 8th in the league. In the 42,404 mins he has played in his career, he's given up 526 goals. He holds a career save % of .727 which has him ranked 7th out of all goalies still active in the league.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take Everton (+350)

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