This is a vital battle in the bottom part of the Premier League, with both Leicester City and AFC Bournemouth going through more anxiety than delight. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 19th and the away team in 18th spot.
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leicester City and AFC Bournemouth.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester City's results here at King Power Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. When Leicester City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Leicester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With Leicester having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Sadler.
The Leicester City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Aston Villa here at King Power Stadium. The striker Barnes was named "man of the match" for Leicester with a rating of 7.84/10. Barnes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Crystal Palace.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Leicester City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 6 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The Leicester City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leicester have conceded 19 in these home matches.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-10 (14 played). When AFC Bournemouth is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. West Ham United, Southampton, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest is teams we like to compare Leicester City with. AFC Bournemouth has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager O'Neil was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Vitality Stadium. AFC Bournemouth suffered a 0-2 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 6th). Midfield player Lerma was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Lerma hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that, Bournemouth secured a home win against Fulham with the score 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of AFC Bournemouth when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on AFC Bournemouth's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 38 goals in 14 travels.
Head 2 Head
AFC Bournemouth - Leicester 2-1 was the end result in these teams' latest head to head game, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Leicester City won two games, four matches ended with a tie and AFC Bournemouth have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Barnes 10 goals |  J. Maddison 9 goals |   P. Billing 6 goals |
Leicester City missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
| Leicester City | AFC Bournemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 40 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 51 | 19 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 38 | 57 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 79% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 48% |
| 34% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 28% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 52% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 38% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 7% | 21% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 48% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 8.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 32% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 27% | 28% |
| 14.3 | 11.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 18.4 | 16.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (38) away in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 46 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 43 |
| 9 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Everton | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 27 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 34 | -28 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -11 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -24 | 23 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
