Open game expected at Goodison Park: Everton vs Leicester City preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

Get set for Everton - Leicester City! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this game could be immense!

Insights:
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Everton form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Everton so far this season.

The Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 239 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

An away draw last time out for Everton, facing Fulham in a game that ended 0-0. Everton's goalie Pickford played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Fulham with a stunning six saves. Pickford, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.32 out of 10 in that game. Pickford topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Everton won a home game hosting Crystal Palace (3-0).

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 Everton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The manager Lampard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Bournemouth in only three days.

Everton are not conceding a lot of goals here at Goodison Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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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 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Rodgers was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue King Power Stadium. Leicester City suffered a 0-1 loss to Manchester City (placed 1st). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfield player Castagne was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Castagne had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers with the score of 4-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Leicester City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Leicester City, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newport County in just three days.

Leicester City can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Everton have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Leicester City.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
6 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
4 goals
EvertonA. Gordon
A. Gordon
3 goals

Everton missing players

Leicester City missing players

Everton Leicester City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 8
11 6 1 Scored S 2 12 21
12 4 1 Conceded C 5 19 25
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 77%
31% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 69%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 46%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 23%
46% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 54%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 23%
 
4.5 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.2 3.6
8.2 8.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.8 6.3
2.5 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.2 11
3.7 4.3 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 4.2
23% 23% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 38%
 
16.1 14 13 Shots against (avg) S A 23 15.5 12.9
5 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 6.7 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leicester City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Leicester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most scored goals (12) away 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 Manchester City 12 9 2 1 37 11 6 6 0 0 27 6 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 29
2 Arsenal 11 9 1 1 25 11 5 5 0 0 14 7 6 4 1 1 11 4 14 28
3 Tottenham Hotspur 13 8 2 3 26 16 6 5 0 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 26
4 Newcastle United 13 6 6 1 24 10 7 4 3 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 14 24
5 Chelsea 12 6 3 3 17 15 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 3 1 3 7 10 2 21
6 Manchester United 11 6 2 3 16 16 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 3 1 2 8 12 0 20
7 Fulham 13 5 4 4 22 22 7 3 3 1 13 11 6 2 1 3 9 11 0 19
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 5 3 4 19 15 6 3 2 1 10 4 6 2 1 3 9 11 4 18
9 Liverpool 12 4 4 4 23 15 7 4 2 1 18 7 5 0 2 3 5 8 8 16
10 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 13 16 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 0 3 2 3 8 -3 16
11 Brentford 13 3 6 4 19 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 6 0 3 3 6 15 -3 15
12 Everton 13 3 5 5 11 12 6 2 2 2 6 4 7 1 3 3 5 8 -1 14
13 West Ham United 12 4 2 6 11 12 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -1 14
14 AFC Bournemouth 13 3 4 6 12 28 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 2 3 6 20 -16 13
15 Leeds United 12 3 3 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 7 13 -4 12
16 Aston Villa 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 0 2 5 3 15 -9 12
17 Southampton 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 4 12 -9 12
18 Leicester City 13 3 2 8 21 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 6 1 0 5 12 19 -4 11
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 2 4 7 6 19 6 2 2 2 3 8 7 0 2 5 3 11 -13 10
20 Nottingham Forest 12 2 3 7 8 23 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 0 2 4 1 14 -15 9

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