Leicester v Braga: Europa League predictions, betting preview, free tips & TV

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Leicester City v Sporting Braga in the Europa League on Thursday.

Where to watch

BT Sport 1, 8pm Thursday

Best bet

Draw
1pt 14-5 bet365

Team news

Leicester
Caglar Soyuncu (muscle strain), Ricardo Pereira (knee), Wilfred Ndidi (groin) and Timothy Castagne (hamstring) are sidelined and Jonny Evans (back) is a doubt.

Braga
Rui Fonte (knee) will not feature until next year.

Match preview

Leicester and Braga are dominating Europa League Group G but the battle for first place could remain finely balanced after Thursday's clash at the King Power Stadium.

The teams have identical records – six points from two games and a goal difference of plus four – and could pay each other plenty of respect.

Brendan Rodgers has been selecting strong teams for Europa League nights but could be tempted to make changes and save a few some key men for Sunday's Premier League match at home to Wolves.

Ideally Rodgers would like to win both games but, if any points are to be sacrificed, he would rather that happen against Braga than Wolves.

Braga, who are third in Portugal, may have a different mindset.

They were unbeaten in last season's Europa League group stage – finishing one point above Wolves – and will be fully focused on their attempt to pip Leicester to top spot.

Key stat

Braga have lost one of their last eight Europa League away games.

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