Leicester City vs Arsenal match preview: Even contest expected at King Power Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, loss and gain leading to mid-table positions so far. Clear the decks for Leicester City - Arsenal!

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
  • Arsenal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Leicester City form and stats

2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Leicester City so far this season.

Leicester drew their last game, also a home match. Brighton & Hove Albion (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Ademola Lookman, a striker, was the best player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Lookman scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Brentford with a 2-1 scoreline.

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

Leicester City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Power Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Leicester City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Arsenal have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Arsenal are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Carabao Cup against Leeds United (placed 17th). Goalkeeper Bernd Leno got the top player rating of the team with 8.44/10. Leno stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Aston Villa in the Premier League.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arsenal playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Arsenal wins, one draw and three defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Arsenal's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. Arsenal struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Leicester City wins - draws - Arsenal wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeicesterJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
7 goals
ArsenalP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
4 goals
Leicester CityY. Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
3 goals

Leicester City missing players

Arsenal missing players

Leicester City Arsenal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 2 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
15 7 5 Scored S 0 1 10
15 5 2 Conceded C 2 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
78% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
78% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
44% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 44%
22% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
78% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
11% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
11% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 44%
 
5 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.2 5.2
5.7 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 8 6.1
1.2 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.1 15 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 22 10.8 14.1
4.4 5.5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 4.6
38% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 24%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Arsenal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arsenal have scored away.
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
  • 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 Chelsea 9 7 1 1 23 3 5 4 0 1 16 2 4 3 1 0 7 1 20 22
2 Liverpool 9 6 3 0 27 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 19 3 21 21
3 Manchester City 9 6 2 1 20 4 4 3 1 0 12 0 5 3 1 1 8 4 16 20
4 West Ham United 9 5 2 2 16 10 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 17
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 9 4 3 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 5 7 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 15
6 Tottenham Hotspur 9 5 0 4 9 13 4 3 0 1 4 4 5 2 0 3 5 9 -4 15
7 Manchester United 9 4 2 3 16 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 6 6 1 14
8 Everton 9 4 2 3 15 14 5 3 0 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 14
9 Leicester City 9 4 2 3 15 15 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 14
10 Arsenal 9 4 2 3 10 13 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 1 1 2 1 7 -3 14
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 4 1 4 9 9 4 1 0 3 2 5 5 3 1 1 7 4 0 13
12 Brentford 9 3 3 3 11 9 5 1 1 3 6 7 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 12
13 Aston Villa 9 3 1 5 13 15 4 2 1 1 8 4 5 1 0 4 5 11 -2 10
14 Watford 9 3 1 5 12 17 4 1 1 2 4 10 5 2 0 3 8 7 -5 10
15 Crystal Palace 9 1 6 2 11 14 5 1 4 0 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 10 -3 9
16 Southampton 9 1 5 3 8 12 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 4 8 -4 8
17 Leeds United 9 1 4 4 8 16 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 3 8 -8 7
18 Burnley 9 0 4 5 7 15 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 0 2 3 5 11 -8 4
19 Newcastle United 9 0 4 5 11 20 4 0 2 2 7 10 5 0 2 3 4 10 -9 4
20 Norwich City 9 0 2 7 2 23 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 0 1 4 0 15 -21 2

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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.