Early betting lines indicate Arsenal edge when welcoming Leicester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

With the nervous opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Premier League duel of the season. Arsenal look forward to welcoming Leicester City in front of their stadium regulars.

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Arsenal form and stats

In the previous season, Arsenal's league results were 22 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses, producing 5th position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 61 goals and conceded 48. Playing as the host team in the former season Arsenal produced 13-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 17 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Arsenal, who won 2-0 against Crystal Palace (placed 17th). Defender Saliba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Saliba won 4 of 5 duels.

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Leicester City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Leicester City performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 28/36 goals scored/conceded.

Leicester's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Brentford that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Leicester City vs Brentford, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfield player Tielemans was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Tielemans hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 73 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Southampton.

Head 2 Head

Arsenal-Leicester City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arsenal five wins, Leicester City four wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalG. Martinelli Silva
G. Martinelli Silva
1 goals
Leicester CityT. Castagne
T. Castagne
1 goals
Leicester CityK. Dewsbury-Hall
K. Dewsbury-Hall
1 goals

Arsenal missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Arsenal Last season Leicester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
22 13   Won W   4 14
3 2   Drew D   6 10
13 4   Lost L   9 14
61 35   Scored S   28 62
48 17   Conceded C   36 59
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 87%
58% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 63%
32% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 34%
18% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
42% 53%   BTTS BTTS   84% 68%
34% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 18%
29% 16%   Failed to Score F T   11% 16%
 
5.5 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.7
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
4 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
15.4 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.6
5.3 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.3
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 38%
 
11.1 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   15.6 15
3.9 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season 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 38 29 6 3 99 26 19 15 2 2 58 15 19 14 4 1 41 11 73 93
2 Liverpool 38 28 8 2 94 26 19 15 4 0 49 9 19 13 4 2 45 17 68 92
3 Chelsea 38 21 11 6 76 33 19 9 7 3 37 22 19 12 4 3 39 11 43 74
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 22 5 11 69 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 19 9 4 6 31 21 29 71
5 Arsenal 38 22 3 13 61 48 19 13 2 4 35 17 19 9 1 9 26 31 13 69
6 Manchester United 38 16 10 12 57 57 19 10 5 4 32 22 19 6 5 8 25 35 0 58
7 West Ham United 38 16 8 14 60 51 19 9 5 5 33 26 19 7 3 9 27 25 9 56
8 Leicester City 38 14 10 14 62 59 19 10 4 5 34 23 19 4 6 9 28 36 3 52
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 15 11 42 44 19 5 7 7 19 23 19 7 8 4 23 21 -2 51
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 6 17 38 43 19 7 3 9 20 25 19 8 3 8 18 18 -5 51
11 Newcastle United 38 13 10 15 44 62 19 8 6 5 26 27 19 5 4 10 18 35 -18 49
12 Crystal Palace 38 11 15 12 50 46 19 7 8 4 27 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 4 48
13 Brentford 38 13 7 18 48 56 19 7 3 9 22 21 19 6 4 9 26 35 -8 46
14 Aston Villa 38 13 6 19 52 54 19 6 5 8 29 29 19 7 1 11 23 25 -2 45
15 Southampton 38 9 13 16 43 67 19 6 7 6 23 24 19 3 6 10 20 43 -24 40
16 Everton 38 11 6 21 43 66 19 9 2 8 27 25 19 2 4 13 16 41 -23 39
17 Leeds United 38 9 11 18 42 79 19 4 6 9 19 38 19 5 5 9 23 41 -37 38
18 Burnley 38 7 14 17 34 53 19 5 6 8 18 25 19 2 8 9 16 28 -19 35
19 Watford 38 6 5 27 34 77 19 2 2 15 17 46 19 4 3 12 17 31 -43 23
20 Norwich City 38 5 7 26 23 84 19 3 3 13 12 43 19 2 4 13 11 41 -61 22

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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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.