You Bet | Home is where the Hart is: Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City seek comfort in familiar surroundings
Spurs entertain Everton at White Hart Lane as they look to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea, while the struggling Foxes welcome Hull City to the King Power Stadium
This is one of those periods in the English Premier League season where the usual home-away alternation of matches is not being followed in every case, giving some teams the advantage of playing back-to-back home games while others have two away trips in succession.
Among those with consecutive home matches are Tottenham Hotspur, who follow last week’s 4-0 win over Stoke City at White Hart Lane by hosting Everton, which in theory gives them the chance to keep some pressure on leaders Chelsea.
The percentage chance of a Spurs win, as represented by the betting odds, is much higher than it would be at Goodison Park.
At the bottom of the table, Leicester City play another home match – this time against Hull City – only five days after their much-needed 3-1 win over Liverpool at the King Power Stadium.
In acting when they did to dismiss manager Claudio Ranieri, the Leicester owners may have looked at the fixture list and seen those two home matches as a big opportunity to gain some momentum.
There was an immediate uplift on Monday night as Leicester got themselves out of the relegation zone with an intensity rarely seen from the champions this season.