Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leicester City & Brighton & Hove Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Brighton & Hove Albion.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.When playing at home in the Premier League, Leicester City have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Leicester enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brentford's place. The match ended 2-1 with Youri Tielemans and James Maddison scoring. Midfielder Youri Tielemans was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.92 (out of ten) in that game. Tielemans scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Spartak Moskva.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leicester handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and three defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arsenal are coming to town in three days.
The Leicester City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Leicester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Brighton & Hove Albion, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Brighton & Hove Albion failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Manchester City that ended with defeat 1-4. It is a bit troubling for Brighton & Hove Albion that their goalkeeper Robert Sánchez managed eight saves in the Manchester City fixture, but still were unable to save them from a beating. Lewis Dunk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Dunk won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Norwich City that ended 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Brighton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Brighton & Hove Albion now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Liverpool is waiting in only three days.
Brighton find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. The Brighton defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Leicester City-Brighton & Hove Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leicester City seven wins, Brighton & Hove Albion one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 7 goals |   N. Maupay 4 goals |  Y. Tielemans 3 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Leicester City | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Brentford | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Southampton | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -21 | 2 |
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- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
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