The path has mostly gone uphill for Leicester City so far, and the same description fits Aston Villa. The bottom dwellers have a chance to get some vital points here.
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Aston Villa have lost all their away matches so far.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an animated game!
Leicester City form and stats
Three Premier League home games done for Leicester City, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leicester to get some points in this home game.
Leicester City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brighton & Hove Albion (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ward had a busy but productive day in the Brighton & Hove Albion match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. The striker Daka outshone all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.24 out of 10. Daka scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Leicester City lost 0-1 at home to Manchester United.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 Leicester City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Leicester defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Aston Villa form and stats
It's not happening yet for Aston Villa on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Aston Villa played 1-1 against Manchester City in their previous match. Digne was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Digne won 8 of 10 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Arsenal before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aston Villa playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 4 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Aston Villa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Leicester victories, three draws and three Aston Villa wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Maddison 2 goals |  T. Castagne 1 goals |  H. Barnes 1 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Leicester City | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9 | 8.7 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 12.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15 | 13.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 7 | 5.2 |
- All of Aston Villa's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Aston Villa have lost all their away matches so far.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leicester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Leicester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
- Leicester City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Leicester City have yet to win a game.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Everton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
- Aston Villa
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
