Michael Owen predicts what many Brighton fans are fearing at Leicester

Former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen fears the worst for Brighton and Hove Albion as they travel to Leicester City in the Premier League this Sunday
Michael Owen feels Brighton are easy on the eye but too nice to win at LeicesterMichael Owen feels Brighton are easy on the eye but too nice to win at Leicester
Michael Owen feels Brighton are easy on the eye but too nice to win at Leicester

Leicester have made an impressive start to the season as they juggle their Europa and Premier League campaigns.

A 2-0 win last night against AEK Athens saw the Foxes finish top of Group G in the Europa, while seven wins from 11 Premier League matches has them in a very healthy fourth position.

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Brighton have played some decent football and Graham Potter's men have been competitive in most of their matches without perhaps gaining the points they have deserved.

Their last three matches saw them win away Villa, draw with Premier League Champions Liverpool and last Monday they narrowly lost 2-1 to Southampton after a controversial late penalty.

Brighton, whoare 16th in the table, will be without the creative talents of Adam Lallana at the King Power but Alexis Mac Allister (illness) and Davy Propper (Achilles) are back in contention.

Brendan Rodgers will hope to call upon Jamie Vardy and James Maddison, both of whom missed the win against AEK Athens.

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Owen has been impressed with the flying Foxes this season and believes they will have too much quality for the Seagulls at the King Power this Sunday.

"I covered Leicester when they nicked a late goal to beat Sheffield United last week," wrote Owen in his weekly BetVictor predictions blog"They should finish in the top six this season and once Brendan Rodgers has a fully fit team to choose from, they’ll likely go from strength-to-strength.

"Despite Brighton looking nice on the eye, they’ve simply not won enough points this season and I think this could be the case again.

"For me, Leicester simply have too much quality and I think they’ll run out comfortable winners here."