Home advantage could prove decisive in Brentford - Leicester City battle

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brentford Community Stadium (17250 seats)

Brentford have managed 7 home triumphs so far this season, Leicester City have won 4 away. Who enhances their standings after this one?

Insights:
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they had a Premier League game only three days back. That game was an away game at Southampton, so at least Brentford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Brentford form and stats

Brentford are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Brentford Community Stadium. 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games.

A good away victory last time out for Brentford, who won 2-0 against Southampton (after extra-time) (placed 20th). Toney, who usually features in attack, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.2 (out of 10). Toney scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Everton (after extra-time) (0-1).

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 Brentford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), Brentford's attacking play is working.

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Leicester City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leicester City so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-9 (win-draw-lose). With the Leicester City losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Chelsea (after extra-time) with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Attacker Maddison got a player rating of 7.75 in the game. "Man of the match" Maddison hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Southampton (after extra-time)'s place.

Leicester 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.

Leicester City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. The Leicester manager Rodgers has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Leicester City have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Brentford.

This was the result when the squads faced each other previously this season; Leicester City - Brentford 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
16 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
9 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
8 goals

Brentford missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brentford Leicester City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
10 7 3 Won W 2 4 7
11 5 1 Drew D 0 0 3
5 1 0 Lost L 2 9 16
42 27 11 Scored S 11 21 37
33 13 3 Conceded C 9 29 46
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 77%
50% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 62%
38% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 38% 38%
15% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 31% 19%
54% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 46%
35% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 23%
23% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 35%
 
4.3 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.6 3.6
5.4 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.4 6
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11.3 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.4 11.1
4.2 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.1 3.9
38% 44% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 40% 36%
 
14.7 13.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 16.6 13.8
5 4.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 27 21 3 3 62 25 13 10 2 1 34 16 14 11 1 2 28 9 37 66
2 Manchester City 27 19 4 4 67 25 13 11 1 1 43 13 14 8 3 3 24 12 42 61
3 Manchester United 26 15 5 6 41 35 13 9 3 1 24 8 13 6 2 5 17 27 6 50
4 Tottenham Hotspur 27 15 3 9 49 37 14 10 0 4 29 16 13 5 3 5 20 21 12 48
5 Newcastle United 25 11 11 3 37 18 13 7 5 1 21 9 12 4 6 2 16 9 19 44
6 Liverpool 26 12 6 8 47 29 13 9 3 1 34 9 13 3 3 7 13 20 18 42
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 12 6 7 46 31 13 7 2 4 22 11 12 5 4 3 24 20 15 42
8 Brentford 26 10 11 5 42 33 13 7 5 1 27 13 13 3 6 4 15 20 9 41
9 Fulham 27 11 6 10 38 37 14 6 4 4 21 20 13 5 2 6 17 17 1 39
10 Chelsea 26 10 7 9 27 26 12 6 3 3 14 8 14 4 4 6 13 18 1 37
11 Aston Villa 26 10 5 11 32 39 13 6 2 5 20 19 13 4 3 6 12 20 -7 35
12 Crystal Palace 27 6 9 12 21 34 14 4 5 5 12 18 13 2 4 7 9 16 -13 27
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 7 6 14 20 37 13 5 2 6 10 15 14 2 4 8 10 22 -17 27
14 Nottingham Forest 26 6 8 12 21 47 13 5 5 3 17 15 13 1 3 9 4 32 -26 26
15 Everton 27 6 7 14 20 38 14 5 2 7 12 16 13 1 5 7 8 22 -18 25
16 Leicester City 26 7 3 16 37 46 13 3 3 7 16 17 13 4 0 9 21 29 -9 24
17 West Ham United 26 6 6 14 24 34 13 5 3 5 17 14 13 1 3 9 7 20 -10 24
18 AFC Bournemouth 26 6 6 14 25 51 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 2 2 9 12 35 -26 24
19 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 31 42 13 4 5 4 18 18 13 1 3 9 13 24 -11 23
20 Southampton 27 6 4 17 20 43 13 2 3 8 11 21 14 4 1 9 9 22 -23 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 Arsenal 27 21 3 3 62 25 13 10 2 1 34 16 14 11 1 2 28 9 37 66
2 Manchester City 27 19 4 4 67 25 13 11 1 1 43 13 14 8 3 3 24 12 42 61
3 Manchester United 26 15 5 6 41 35 13 9 3 1 24 8 13 6 2 5 17 27 6 50
4 Tottenham Hotspur 27 15 3 9 49 37 14 10 0 4 29 16 13 5 3 5 20 21 12 48
5 Newcastle United 25 11 11 3 37 18 13 7 5 1 21 9 12 4 6 2 16 9 19 44
6 Liverpool 26 12 6 8 47 29 13 9 3 1 34 9 13 3 3 7 13 20 18 42
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 12 6 7 46 31 13 7 2 4 22 11 12 5 4 3 24 20 15 42
8 Brentford 26 10 11 5 42 33 13 7 5 1 27 13 13 3 6 4 15 20 9 41
9 Fulham 27 11 6 10 38 37 14 6 4 4 21 20 13 5 2 6 17 17 1 39
10 Chelsea 26 10 7 9 27 26 12 6 3 3 14 8 14 4 4 6 13 18 1 37
11 Aston Villa 26 10 5 11 32 39 13 6 2 5 20 19 13 4 3 6 12 20 -7 35
12 Crystal Palace 27 6 9 12 21 34 14 4 5 5 12 18 13 2 4 7 9 16 -13 27
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 7 6 14 20 37 13 5 2 6 10 15 14 2 4 8 10 22 -17 27
14 Nottingham Forest 26 6 8 12 21 47 13 5 5 3 17 15 13 1 3 9 4 32 -26 26
15 Everton 27 6 7 14 20 38 14 5 2 7 12 16 13 1 5 7 8 22 -18 25
16 Leicester City 26 7 3 16 37 46 13 3 3 7 16 17 13 4 0 9 21 29 -9 24
17 West Ham United 26 6 6 14 24 34 13 5 3 5 17 14 13 1 3 9 7 20 -10 24
18 AFC Bournemouth 26 6 6 14 25 51 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 2 2 9 12 35 -26 24
19 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 31 42 13 4 5 4 18 18 13 1 3 9 13 24 -11 23
20 Southampton 27 6 4 17 20 43 13 2 3 8 11 21 14 4 1 9 9 22 -23 22

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