Premier League match preview and statistics: AFC Bournemouth fight Leicester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 12.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

Struggling AFC Bournemouth will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Leicester City in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tottenham Hotspur, was also a home game here at Vitality Stadium. The away team is better rested.

AFC Bournemouth are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Leicester City are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, AFC Bournemouth have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Manchester United (2-5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AFC Bournemouth as they are travelling to their away game against Manchester City in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Bournemouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 17 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Arsenal (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Leicester City secured a home win against Crystal Palace with the score 3-0.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Arsenal. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

A quick return to home after this game, as Leicester are hosting Sheffield United in the Premier League only four days away.

Leicester are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 17 away games so far. Leicester have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Leicester City - Bournemouth 3-1 entered in the official records. AFC Bournemouth-Leicester City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AFC Bournemouth two wins, Leicester City three wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
22 goals
BournemouthC. Wilson
C. Wilson
8 goals
AFC BournemouthH. Wilson
H. Wilson
7 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Leicester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
7 4 1 Won W 4 7 17
7 6 1 Drew D 1 4 8
20 7 3 Lost L 1 6 9
32 18 5 Scored S 11 31 64
59 27 10 Conceded C 4 17 32
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 82%
59% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 59%
32% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 26%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 12%
53% 59% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 53%
15% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 35%
41% 35% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 21%
 
5 5.2 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.9 5.6
6.9 6.6 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.1 4.7
2.1 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
323 169 42 Total Shots T S 101 236 469
100 51 19 Shots on Target S O 35 90 165
32% 35% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth has the most conceded goals in the first half (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 Liverpool 34 30 2 2 75 26 17 17 0 0 46 12 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 92
2 Manchester City 34 22 3 9 86 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 17 9 1 7 36 22 52 69
3 Chelsea 34 18 6 10 63 46 17 9 3 5 27 16 17 9 3 5 36 30 17 60
4 Leicester City 34 17 8 9 64 32 17 10 4 3 33 15 17 7 4 6 31 17 32 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 13 13 8 45 37 17 6 7 4 22 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 8 52
7 Sheffield United 34 13 12 9 35 33 17 9 3 5 21 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 2 51
8 Arsenal 34 12 14 8 50 42 17 8 6 3 31 21 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 50
9 Tottenham Hotspur 34 13 10 11 52 44 17 10 3 4 31 16 17 3 7 7 21 28 8 49
10 Burnley 34 14 7 13 38 46 17 8 3 6 22 20 17 6 4 7 16 26 -8 49
11 Everton 34 12 9 13 41 49 17 8 6 3 22 17 17 4 3 10 19 32 -8 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 35 50 17 6 8 3 18 15 17 5 2 10 17 35 -15 43
14 Crystal Palace 34 11 9 14 30 43 17 6 4 7 14 17 17 5 5 7 16 26 -13 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 12 14 36 47 17 5 6 6 20 22 17 3 6 8 16 25 -11 36
16 West Ham United 34 8 7 19 40 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 17 3 4 10 14 28 -19 31
17 Watford 34 7 10 17 31 53 17 5 6 6 20 22 17 2 4 11 11 31 -22 31
18 AFC Bournemouth 34 7 7 20 32 59 17 4 6 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 28
19 Aston Villa 34 7 6 21 36 65 17 5 3 9 19 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -29 27
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 26 63 17 4 3 10 19 31 17 1 3 13 7 32 -37 21

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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 Liverpool 34 30 2 2 75 26 17 17 0 0 46 12 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 92
2 Manchester City 34 22 3 9 86 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 17 9 1 7 36 22 52 69
3 Chelsea 34 18 6 10 63 46 17 9 3 5 27 16 17 9 3 5 36 30 17 60
4 Leicester City 34 17 8 9 64 32 17 10 4 3 33 15 17 7 4 6 31 17 32 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 13 13 8 45 37 17 6 7 4 22 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 8 52
7 Sheffield United 34 13 12 9 35 33 17 9 3 5 21 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 2 51
8 Arsenal 34 12 14 8 50 42 17 8 6 3 31 21 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 50
9 Tottenham Hotspur 34 13 10 11 52 44 17 10 3 4 31 16 17 3 7 7 21 28 8 49
10 Burnley 34 14 7 13 38 46 17 8 3 6 22 20 17 6 4 7 16 26 -8 49
11 Everton 34 12 9 13 41 49 17 8 6 3 22 17 17 4 3 10 19 32 -8 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 35 50 17 6 8 3 18 15 17 5 2 10 17 35 -15 43
14 Crystal Palace 34 11 9 14 30 43 17 6 4 7 14 17 17 5 5 7 16 26 -13 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 12 14 36 47 17 5 6 6 20 22 17 3 6 8 16 25 -11 36
16 West Ham United 34 8 7 19 40 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 17 3 4 10 14 28 -19 31
17 Watford 34 7 10 17 31 53 17 5 6 6 20 22 17 2 4 11 11 31 -22 31
18 AFC Bournemouth 34 7 7 20 32 59 17 4 6 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 28
19 Aston Villa 34 7 6 21 36 65 17 5 3 9 19 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -29 27
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 26 63 17 4 3 10 19 31 17 1 3 13 7 32 -37 21

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