Football match preview: Leicester City U23 vs Blackburn Rovers U23

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Division One
Competition: Fri 17.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Leicester City Training Ground (32312 seats)

Leicester City U23 have claimed 10 of their 16 in total here at their home ground. How will they do versus Blackburn Rovers U23?

Insights:
  • Leicester City U23 have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League 2 Division One

Blackburn Rovers U23 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Leicester City U23 form and stats

Leicester City U23 have played 6 Premier League 2 Division One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Leicester in their previous game, a Premier League 2 Division One match away at Leeds U23 (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Heartbreak before that as Leicester lost 0-3 at Liverpool U23's place.

A decent goal production from Leicester in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Leicester are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).

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Blackburn Rovers U23 form and stats

There's been little loot from Blackburn Rovers U23's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Premier League 2 Division One. Blackburn Rovers U23 only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Blackburn who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Crystal Palace U23 was the last time a defeat was avoided.

McBride was the last player to score for the away team. Blackburn haven't scored a league goal in the last 198 minutes.

Blackburn won their last game, 5-1 versus Nottingham U23 played at home. As mentioned above, Blackburn was the only team on the pitch versus Nottingham U23 in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Manchester United U23.

Blackburn Rovers U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Blackburn concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other earlier this match year: Blackburn Rovers U23 - Leicester 1-1. Last seven meetings with these contenders: Leicester won one, Blackburn Rovers U23 were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn Rovers U23S. Burns
S. Burns
7 goals
Leicester City U23T. Maswanhise
T. Maswanhise
5 goals
LeicesterW. Marcal-Madivadua
W. Marcal-Madivadua
4 goals

Leicester City U23 missing players

Blackburn Rovers U23 missing players

Leicester City U23 Blackburn Rovers U23
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 8 14
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 2
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 5
5 2 0 Lost L 2 5 7
19 9 2 Scored S 3 10 20
30 13 1 Conceded C 8 23 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 86%
77% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 79%
54% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 64%
31% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 43%
77% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 64%
8% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 7%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 29%
 
5.5 4.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.8 4.7
5.2 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 6.2
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.6 10.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.2 11.5
3.8 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.9 4.4
39% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 43% 32%
 
12.5 14 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 13.4 13
6.6 7.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.2 5.9
Key stats in Premier League 2 Division One this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have the most conceded goals (23) away in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Leicester City U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Leicester City U23 have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Ham United U23 14 10 1 3 37 19 8 8 0 0 23 3 6 2 1 3 14 16 18 31
2 Tottenham U23 14 8 3 3 37 22 8 5 1 2 19 10 6 3 2 1 18 12 15 27
3 Arsenal U23 14 8 2 4 38 30 6 4 1 1 20 11 8 4 1 3 18 19 8 26
4 Manchester City U23 14 7 3 4 31 22 8 6 1 1 24 12 6 1 2 3 7 10 9 24
5 Brighton U23 14 6 5 3 24 17 7 5 2 0 17 7 7 1 3 3 7 10 7 23
6 Crystal Palace U23 14 7 0 7 32 29 5 2 0 3 11 13 9 5 0 4 21 16 3 21
7 Manchester United U23 14 6 3 5 24 23 7 4 1 2 16 11 7 2 2 3 8 12 1 21
8 Everton U23 14 5 2 7 19 29 7 5 0 2 13 9 7 0 2 5 6 20 -10 17
9 Leicester City U23 13 4 4 5 19 30 6 3 1 2 9 13 7 1 3 3 10 17 -11 16
10 Liverpool U23 14 4 3 7 19 27 7 3 2 2 10 9 7 1 1 5 9 18 -8 15
11 Chelsea U23 14 3 5 6 20 28 8 2 3 3 11 15 6 1 2 3 9 13 -8 14
12 Derby County U23 13 4 1 8 24 24 7 3 1 3 17 11 6 1 0 5 7 13 0 13
13 Leeds U23 14 3 3 8 29 35 7 0 3 4 13 21 7 3 0 4 16 14 -6 12
14 Blackburn Rovers U23 14 2 5 7 20 38 6 0 4 2 10 15 8 2 1 5 10 23 -18 11