Leicester City vs Aston Villa betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Enjoying a 5 point edge in the league table, Leicester City club members want to see their side collect full points from this fixture vs Aston Villa.

Insights:
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The hosts Leicester City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Everton, so at least Leicester City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Leicester City form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Leicester City have to build on here at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. Leicester City are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Leicester shared the glory with Everton in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Maddison got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Maddison hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Newcastle United.

A decent goal production from Leicester City in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 15 league matches. On the other hand, Leicester City have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

6-0-10 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aston Villa in their Premier League matches away. With the Villa losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager Gerrard was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Villa Park. Aston Villa suffered a 0-4 loss to Tottenham Hotspur (placed 4th). Aston Villa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Coutinho got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Coutinho hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers's place.

The visiting Aston Villa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Villa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Leicester City and Aston Villa have duelled earlier this season: Aston Villa - Leicester City 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leicester City four wins, two draws and Aston Villa four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
8 goals
Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
8 goals

Leicester City missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Aston Villa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 16 31
11 8 3 Won W 1 6 11
8 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
12 4 0 Lost L 5 10 17
47 26 9 Scored S 5 18 42
51 20 5 Conceded C 8 21 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 77%
61% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 61%
32% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 29%
16% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 13%
68% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 48%
16% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 31% 29%
16% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 23%
 
4.9 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.9 5.4
6 5.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.8 5.8
1.4 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 12 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.8 11.9
4.2 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4
36% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 34%
 
15.7 15.9 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.1 12.4
5.2 5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 32 24 5 3 75 20 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 12 3 1 30 8 55 77
2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76
3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 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 Arsenal 32 18 3 11 49 39 16 10 2 4 25 14 16 8 1 7 24 25 10 57
6 Manchester United 33 15 9 9 52 48 17 9 4 4 28 21 16 6 5 5 24 27 4 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 31 11 8 12 47 51 15 8 3 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 41
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40
11 Newcastle United 33 10 10 13 37 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 16 3 4 9 13 29 -18 40
12 Brentford 33 11 6 16 41 49 16 6 2 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 39
13 Southampton 32 9 12 11 38 52 17 6 7 4 21 20 15 3 5 7 17 32 -14 39
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 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 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29
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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  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 32 24 5 3 75 20 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 12 3 1 30 8 55 77
2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76
3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 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 Arsenal 32 18 3 11 49 39 16 10 2 4 25 14 16 8 1 7 24 25 10 57
6 Manchester United 33 15 9 9 52 48 17 9 4 4 28 21 16 6 5 5 24 27 4 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 31 11 8 12 47 51 15 8 3 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 41
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40
11 Newcastle United 33 10 10 13 37 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 16 3 4 9 13 29 -18 40
12 Brentford 33 11 6 16 41 49 16 6 2 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 39
13 Southampton 32 9 12 11 38 52 17 6 7 4 21 20 15 3 5 7 17 32 -14 39
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 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 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29
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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