Aston Villa know they are going on a difficult journey to Leicester City and their King Power Stadium. This match preview has all the facts and figures you require ahead of the fixture.
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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 7 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Leicester City, their manager Rodgers and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
No payout for Leicester City in their previous match, an away game at Crystal Palace that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Crystal Palace was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Mateta).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Brentford the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leicester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus AFC Bournemouth in only four days. This game is also played here at King Power Stadium.
Leicester City has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Leicester have conceded 17 goals.
Aston Villa form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 244 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Aston Villa, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Chelsea (placed 11th) last time out. Goalkeeper Martínez was absolutely vital in the Villa victory against Chelsea, making seven saves. Martínez (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.22. Martínez topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs AFC Bournemouth.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Aston Villa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Aston Villa, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Aston Villa are hosting Nottingham Forest in the Premier League only four days away.
20 goals have been conceded by Aston Villa in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported match involving both these squads is the Aston Villa - Leicester 2-4 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Leicester City victories, three draws and three Aston Villa wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 10 goals |   J. Maddison 9 goals |  H. Barnes 9 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Leicester City | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 39 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| 49 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 39 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | 96% |
| 79% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 82% |
| 61% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 18% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 32% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 6.2 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 10.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 37% | 33% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 33% |
| 14.3 | 11 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 13.9 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- 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 | Manchester United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 47 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 42 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -27 | 27 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -28 | 27 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 26 |
| 17 | Everton | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -10 | 25 |
| 19 | West Ham United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 24 |
| 20 | Southampton | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 23 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
- Aston Villa
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
