A total of 20 league fixtures have been played and Aston Villa are 10 points on top of Leicester City. What will the score be?
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
This could be an engaging game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Aston Villa form and stats
5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Aston Villa so far this season.
Happy days for Aston Villa in their previous game, a fixture away at Southampton (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The goalie Martínez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.44 out of ten. Martínez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Villa had a home game versus Leeds United which ended with a victory 2-1.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 Aston Villa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Aston Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 15 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Aston Villa have conceded 11 goals.
Leicester City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leicester City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose). Leicester seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two trips in a row for Leicester City, whose boss Rodgers could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Walsall. Castagne, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Castagne hit three key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Brighton & Hove Albion.Leicester City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Highlight this: 9 of the latest 11 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
Leicester City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. For Leicester, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa-Leicester City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aston Villa three wins, Leicester City four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Maddison 7 goals |  H. Barnes 7 goals |   O. Watkins 4 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Aston Villa | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 23 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 15% |
| 50% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 25% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 30% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 29% | 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | 35% |
| 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
- All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Leicester City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 45 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Fulham | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Brentford | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | -23 | 17 |
| 19 | Everton | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 15 |
| 20 | Southampton | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
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