The visiting Leicester City side should be favourites in this visit to Aston Villa, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aston Villa and Leicester City.
Aston Villa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Aston Villa at their home stadium (Villa Park) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager D. Smith led his Aston Villa to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Chelsea. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Villa Park. 2-2 away at Manchester United before that.
Aston Villa's goalkeeper Tom Heaton was extremely busy against Chelsea, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 7 saves.
Aston Villa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Aston Villa have conceded 7 goals.
Leicester City form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leicester City, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Aston Villa. Leicester City have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Leicester City won their last game, 2-0 versus Watford played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Everton.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Leicester City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Leicester City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Aston Villa - Leicester City 1-4. Aston Villa-Leicester City H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Aston Villa 3 wins, Leicester City 4 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
J. Vardy
14 goals
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J. Maddison
5 goals
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Wesley
4 goals
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| Aston Villa | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 73% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 53% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 20% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 8.1 | 5.6 | 10 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 192 | 99 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 91 | 219 |
| 74 | 33 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 38 | 79 |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 45% | 44% |
- Aston Villa has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
- Leicester City has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Leicester City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Leicester City has the most clean sheets (7)
- Leicester City has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Leicester City has the the best goal difference (+12) away
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | Liverpool | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 35 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 32 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Burnley | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Everton | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Southampton | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 11 |
| 20 | Watford | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -21 | 9 |
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