Can Everton beat Leicester City in Goodison Park clash?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

Everton - Leicester City in Premier League: Numbers, team sheets, results, trends and headlines. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. That game was also an away game, at Newcastle United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Everton form and stats

Everton have played 15 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-1-7 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Goodison Park.

The Everton club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Manchester United and win 1-0. The goalie Pickford was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.92 out of ten. Pickford topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Burnley.

This is expected to be a close game, with Everton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Everton as a small favourite), we find eight games. Everton has won three of these, drawn zero and lost five.

Everton are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Liverpool awaits in four days.

Everton has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Everton have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-4-8 (15 played).

Leicester City are travelling again after losing away to Newcastle United in their previous match (1-2). Late heartbreak for Leicester City in the Newcastle United match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Lookman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Lookman scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

hometeam won So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leicester City playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Leicester City wins, two draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Leicester, the Premier League home match versus Aston Villa. Busy days.

Leicester City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Everton victories, two draws and three Leicester City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
8 goals
EvertonR. de Andrade
R. de Andrade
6 goals

Everton missing players

Leicester City missing players

Everton Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
8 7 1 Won W 2 3 11
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
18 7 3 Lost L 2 8 12
33 20 5 Scored S 7 20 46
52 19 6 Conceded C 6 30 50
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
57% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 63%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 33%
17% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 17%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 80% 67%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 17%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 17%
 
4.2 5.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.5 5
5.6 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 6.1
2.2 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.4
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 11.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.3 11.7
3.7 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.2
30% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 34% 37%
 
13.4 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 15.8 15.8
5 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 31 23 5 3 72 20 15 11 2 2 42 12 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 74
2 Liverpool 31 22 7 2 79 22 15 12 3 0 39 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 57 73
3 Chelsea 30 18 8 4 64 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 16 11 3 2 35 9 41 62
4 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 3 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 16 8 2 6 25 20 18 57
5 Manchester United 32 15 9 8 52 44 17 9 4 4 28 21 15 6 5 4 24 23 8 54
6 Arsenal 31 17 3 11 45 37 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 7 1 7 20 23 8 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Leicester City 30 11 7 12 46 50 15 8 3 4 26 20 15 3 4 8 20 30 -4 40
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 9 13 10 29 37 16 3 6 7 10 20 16 6 7 3 19 17 -8 40
11 Brentford 33 11 6 16 41 49 16 6 2 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 39
12 Southampton 32 9 12 11 38 52 17 6 7 4 21 20 15 3 5 7 17 32 -14 39
13 Crystal Palace 31 8 13 10 43 40 16 5 7 4 25 17 15 3 6 6 18 23 3 37
14 Newcastle United 32 9 10 13 36 55 16 6 6 4 23 26 16 3 4 9 13 29 -19 37
15 Aston Villa 31 11 3 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 16 6 0 10 18 21 -4 36
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 30 8 4 18 33 52 15 7 1 7 20 19 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 28
18 Burnley 31 4 13 14 26 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -19 25
19 Watford 32 6 4 22 30 62 16 2 1 13 15 39 16 4 3 9 15 23 -32 22
20 Norwich City 32 5 6 21 22 66 16 3 3 10 12 31 16 2 3 11 10 35 -44 21

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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.