Leicester City vs Everton match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Pay more attention to their own playing style or switch tactics dependant on the opposing team? Both Leicester City and Everton need to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Read more!

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
  • Everton have the fewest scored goals (25) in Premier League

The visiting Everton played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City's struggle is real here at King Power Stadium with only 15 points collected from 16 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-9. When Leicester City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The Leicester City coach Smith and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Leeds United (placed 16th). The hometeam coach Smith made a successful contribution in the game against Leeds United, bringing on Vardy who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfield player Maddison got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Maddison served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that, Leicester had a home game versus Wolverhampton Wanderers which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leicester City handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Leicester City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Leicester City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Everton form and stats

There's been little loot from Everton's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. Everton only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

The manager Dyche was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Goodison Park. Everton suffered a 1-4 loss to Newcastle United (placed 3rd). Attacker McNeil got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" McNeil scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace's stadium before that.

Everton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

The attacking power of Everton when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Everton have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Leicester City and Everton have met earlier this season: Everton - Leicester 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leicester City three wins, three draws and Everton four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
9 goals
Leicester CityK. Iheanacho
K. Iheanacho
5 goals

Leicester City missing players

Everton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Everton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
8 4 2 Won W 1 1 6
5 3 0 Drew D 2 7 10
20 9 2 Lost L 2 8 17
44 19 7 Scored S 5 10 25
57 21 3 Conceded C 9 26 50
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
79% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 73%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 39%
33% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 18%
15% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
55% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 45%
18% 19% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
30% 44% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 39%
 
3.6 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 4.3
6.2 5.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 6.8 6.4
1.6 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.2 11.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.1 10.8
3.9 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.7
34% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 23% 20%
 
14.4 12.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 16.6 15.1
4.6 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.4 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Everton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Everton have the fewest scored goals (25) in Premier League
  • Everton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League

  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 33 23 6 4 78 38 16 12 3 1 45 21 17 11 3 3 33 17 40 75
2 Manchester City 31 23 4 4 82 29 16 14 1 1 54 16 15 9 3 3 28 13 53 73
3 Newcastle United 32 17 11 4 58 26 15 9 5 1 29 10 17 8 6 3 29 16 32 62
4 Manchester United 31 18 6 7 48 39 15 11 3 1 27 8 16 7 3 6 21 31 9 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 16 6 11 60 53 17 11 1 5 35 22 16 5 5 6 25 31 7 54
6 Aston Villa 33 16 6 11 46 41 17 10 2 5 29 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 5 54
7 Liverpool 32 15 8 9 61 39 15 10 4 1 39 13 17 5 4 8 22 26 22 53
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 14 7 9 55 40 14 7 3 4 25 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 15 49
9 Brentford 33 11 14 8 50 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 17 4 7 6 20 26 7 47
10 Fulham 32 13 6 13 44 43 16 7 4 5 23 22 16 6 2 8 21 21 1 45
11 Chelsea 32 10 9 13 30 35 17 6 5 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 13 19 -5 39
12 Crystal Palace 33 9 10 14 31 42 16 5 6 5 14 19 17 4 4 9 17 23 -11 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 10 7 16 29 44 17 8 2 7 17 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -15 37
14 AFC Bournemouth 33 10 6 17 32 63 16 5 4 7 15 23 17 5 2 10 17 40 -31 36
15 West Ham United 32 9 7 16 34 43 17 6 4 7 22 23 15 3 3 9 12 20 -9 34
16 Leeds United 33 7 9 17 42 63 17 5 6 6 23 31 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 30
17 Nottingham Forest 33 7 9 17 29 60 17 6 6 5 22 21 16 1 3 12 7 39 -31 30
18 Leicester City 33 8 5 20 44 57 16 4 3 9 19 21 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 29
19 Everton 33 6 10 17 25 50 17 5 3 9 15 24 16 1 7 8 10 26 -25 28
20 Southampton 33 6 6 21 27 57 17 2 4 11 15 31 16 4 2 10 12 26 -30 24

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  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 33 23 6 4 78 38 16 12 3 1 45 21 17 11 3 3 33 17 40 75
2 Manchester City 31 23 4 4 82 29 16 14 1 1 54 16 15 9 3 3 28 13 53 73
3 Newcastle United 32 17 11 4 58 26 15 9 5 1 29 10 17 8 6 3 29 16 32 62
4 Manchester United 31 18 6 7 48 39 15 11 3 1 27 8 16 7 3 6 21 31 9 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 16 6 11 60 53 17 11 1 5 35 22 16 5 5 6 25 31 7 54
6 Aston Villa 33 16 6 11 46 41 17 10 2 5 29 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 5 54
7 Liverpool 32 15 8 9 61 39 15 10 4 1 39 13 17 5 4 8 22 26 22 53
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 14 7 9 55 40 14 7 3 4 25 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 15 49
9 Brentford 33 11 14 8 50 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 17 4 7 6 20 26 7 47
10 Fulham 32 13 6 13 44 43 16 7 4 5 23 22 16 6 2 8 21 21 1 45
11 Chelsea 32 10 9 13 30 35 17 6 5 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 13 19 -5 39
12 Crystal Palace 33 9 10 14 31 42 16 5 6 5 14 19 17 4 4 9 17 23 -11 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 10 7 16 29 44 17 8 2 7 17 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -15 37
14 AFC Bournemouth 33 10 6 17 32 63 16 5 4 7 15 23 17 5 2 10 17 40 -31 36
15 West Ham United 32 9 7 16 34 43 17 6 4 7 22 23 15 3 3 9 12 20 -9 34
16 Leeds United 33 7 9 17 42 63 17 5 6 6 23 31 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 30
17 Nottingham Forest 33 7 9 17 29 60 17 6 6 5 22 21 16 1 3 12 7 39 -31 30
18 Leicester City 33 8 5 20 44 57 16 4 3 9 19 21 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 29
19 Everton 33 6 10 17 25 50 17 5 3 9 15 24 16 1 7 8 10 26 -25 28
20 Southampton 33 6 6 21 27 57 17 2 4 11 15 31 16 4 2 10 12 26 -30 24

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.