FA Cup: Buckle up for the Leicester City - Southampton clash

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wembley Stadium (90000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leicester City & Southampton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

The story so far in the Premier League for Leicester City at their home stadium (Wembley Stadium) is 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Leicester City.

Leicester faced defeat in their previous match, away at West Ham United (2-3). Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Manchester City that was lost 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leicester have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Bromwich Albion are coming to town in four days.

Leicester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wembley Stadium with 25 goals in 15 league matches. Leicester have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Southampton form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round replays.

Southampton have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 4-4-8 (16 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Southampton are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Southampton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Burnley in the Premier League.

Southampton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visiting Southampton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. Southampton have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leicester four wins, three draws and Southampton three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
12 goals
LeicesterH. Barnes
H. Barnes
9 goals
SouthamptonD. Ings
D. Ings
9 goals

Leicester City missing players

Southampton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Southampton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 6   Won W   4 9
6 1   Drew D   2 4
6 5   Lost L   7 12
42 20   Scored S   14 28
26 16   Conceded C   28 40
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 72%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
36% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 20%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 16%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   31% 36%
36% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 36%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   46% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.3 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 11.8
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 32 23 5 4 67 23 17 12 2 3 37 15 15 11 3 1 30 8 44 74
2 Manchester United 31 18 9 4 61 34 15 8 3 4 31 20 16 10 6 0 30 14 27 63
3 Leicester City 31 17 5 9 55 37 15 7 1 7 25 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 18 56
4 West Ham United 32 16 7 9 53 42 16 9 4 3 29 20 16 7 3 6 24 22 11 55
5 Chelsea 31 15 9 7 50 31 15 7 5 3 27 16 16 8 4 4 23 15 19 54
6 Liverpool 31 15 7 9 53 37 16 8 2 6 24 19 15 7 5 3 29 18 16 52
7 Tottenham Hotspur 32 14 8 10 54 37 15 7 3 5 26 17 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 50
8 Everton 31 14 7 10 43 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 15 9 3 3 21 15 3 49
9 Arsenal 31 13 6 12 43 35 15 6 3 6 18 18 16 7 3 6 25 17 8 45
10 Leeds United 31 14 3 14 49 49 15 6 3 6 21 18 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 45
11 Aston Villa 30 13 5 12 43 33 14 6 2 6 23 19 16 7 3 6 20 14 10 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 10 8 13 31 41 15 5 4 6 17 18 16 5 4 7 14 23 -10 38
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Southampton 31 10 6 15 39 56 15 6 2 7 21 20 16 4 4 8 18 36 -17 36
15 Newcastle United 32 9 8 15 35 53 16 5 5 6 22 27 16 4 3 9 13 26 -18 35
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 7 12 12 33 38 16 2 8 6 16 19 15 5 4 6 17 19 -5 33
17 Burnley 31 8 9 14 25 42 16 4 6 6 13 18 15 4 3 8 12 24 -17 33
18 Fulham 32 5 11 16 24 42 17 2 4 11 9 24 15 3 7 5 15 18 -18 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 31 5 9 17 28 59 16 3 5 8 12 33 15 2 4 9 16 26 -31 24
20 Sheffield United 31 4 2 25 17 55 16 3 1 12 10 25 15 1 1 13 7 30 -38 14

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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 Manchester City 32 23 5 4 67 23 17 12 2 3 37 15 15 11 3 1 30 8 44 74
2 Manchester United 31 18 9 4 61 34 15 8 3 4 31 20 16 10 6 0 30 14 27 63
3 Leicester City 31 17 5 9 55 37 15 7 1 7 25 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 18 56
4 West Ham United 32 16 7 9 53 42 16 9 4 3 29 20 16 7 3 6 24 22 11 55
5 Chelsea 31 15 9 7 50 31 15 7 5 3 27 16 16 8 4 4 23 15 19 54
6 Liverpool 31 15 7 9 53 37 16 8 2 6 24 19 15 7 5 3 29 18 16 52
7 Tottenham Hotspur 32 14 8 10 54 37 15 7 3 5 26 17 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 50
8 Everton 31 14 7 10 43 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 15 9 3 3 21 15 3 49
9 Arsenal 31 13 6 12 43 35 15 6 3 6 18 18 16 7 3 6 25 17 8 45
10 Leeds United 31 14 3 14 49 49 15 6 3 6 21 18 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 45
11 Aston Villa 30 13 5 12 43 33 14 6 2 6 23 19 16 7 3 6 20 14 10 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 10 8 13 31 41 15 5 4 6 17 18 16 5 4 7 14 23 -10 38
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Southampton 31 10 6 15 39 56 15 6 2 7 21 20 16 4 4 8 18 36 -17 36
15 Newcastle United 32 9 8 15 35 53 16 5 5 6 22 27 16 4 3 9 13 26 -18 35
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 7 12 12 33 38 16 2 8 6 16 19 15 5 4 6 17 19 -5 33
17 Burnley 31 8 9 14 25 42 16 4 6 6 13 18 15 4 3 8 12 24 -17 33
18 Fulham 32 5 11 16 24 42 17 2 4 11 9 24 15 3 7 5 15 18 -18 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 31 5 9 17 28 59 16 3 5 8 12 33 15 2 4 9 16 26 -31 24
20 Sheffield United 31 4 2 25 17 55 16 3 1 12 10 25 15 1 1 13 7 30 -38 14

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