Friday football tips: Leicester's quest for Champions League football continues

Leicester's quest for Champions League football heats up on Friday as they face an out-of-sorts Southampton at St Mary's while Cambridge can secure promotion from League Two with victory at Harrogate.

There are also top-flight fixtures taking place across the continent, with Marseille hosting Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and Celta Vigo squaring up with Levante in La Liga.

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Benfica to beat Tondela

Leicester to beat Southampton

Marseille to beat Strasbourg

Porto to beat Famalicao

Leicester still have plenty to play for and are fancied to enhance their Premier League top-four aspirations at Southampton, who are minus talisman Danny Ings and have suffered three defeats.

Marseille have won four home Ligue 1 games on the trot and ought to be too lively for visitors Strasbourg while Benfica and Porto look good things in the Primeira Liga against Tondela and Famalicao respectively.

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Southampton v Leicester

Sky Sports Main Event & Premier League, 8pm

Leicester produced a strong second-half display to beat Crystal Palace on Monday night and their staying power should be evident again on their trip to Southampton, who have lost 12 of their last 15 league games.

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Best bet
Leicester to score the last goal

Bet of the day

Cambridge to beat Harrogate 7pm

Cambridge can seal automatic promotion by defeating Harrogate at Wetherby Road. Mark Bonner's men should be too strong for their mid-table Yorkshire hosts, who have won only one of their last ten games and have the delayed FA Trophy final with Concord as a distraction on Monday.

Prop of the day

Southampton v Leicester Sky Sports Main Event, 8pm

Leicester's Kelechi Iheanacho is riding the crest of a wave, netting 14 goals in as many games, and can make his mark at Southampton. The Nigerian international grabbed the winner as the Foxes saw off the Saints in the FA Cup semi-final earlier this month and he has bagged in four consecutive matches.

Best bet
Kelechi Iheanacho to score at any time

Stat of the day

Marseille v Strasbourg BT Sport 3, 8pm

Marseille have netted 14 goals in their last six Ligue 1 matches.

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