Arsenal vs Leicester City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 07.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

Arsenal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Leicester City.

It's no vacation for neither Arsenal nor Leicester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Leicester are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have collected 29 points from their Premier League home games so far after 8-5-3. Arsenal has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Emirates Stadium. We remember; it was Sheffield United.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Arsenal, as their goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez has completely shut out the opponents for 270 minutes in the Premier League.

A strong away win for Arsenal against Wolverhampton Wanderers the last match, as Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette were on target. Ahead of that match, Arsenal won a home game hosting Norwich City (4-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arsenal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 30 goals in 16 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leicester City have produced an overall stat of 7-3-6 so far.

Leicester go into this game after a win, the home game against Crystal Palace that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, the Leicester manager B. Rodgers faced defeat when travelling to Everton and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Leicester City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Leicester City, one draw and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Leicester City's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Leicester have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Leicester City - Arsenal 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Arsenal won six, Leicester City won three and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
21 goals
ArsenalP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
19 goals
ArsenalA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
8 goals

Arsenal missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Leicester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
12 8 1 Won W 3 7 17
13 5 1 Drew D 0 3 7
8 3 2 Lost L 2 6 9
49 30 4 Scored S 9 30 63
41 20 6 Conceded C 5 16 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 82%
55% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 61%
36% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 27%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
58% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 52%
30% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 36%
18% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 21%
 
6.1 7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.7
5.8 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.8 4.6
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.4 1.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
352 192 30 Total Shots T S 73 222 455
135 75 10 Shots on Target S O 27 84 159
36% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
5 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 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 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
5 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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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.