Premier League game lowdown: Leicester City against Brighton & Hove Albion

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Leicester City hope to sell some tickets for this match even though the season has been gruelling up to now with 17 points and a 15th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Brighton & Hove Albion are in 7th place with 30 pts.

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City's results here at King Power Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Leicester with their four defeats in a row. Not since the West Ham United game, 70 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Leicester City are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 266 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Dewsbury-Hall).

The club members are hoping that Leicester will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Nottingham Forest (placed 13th). Midfield player Albrighton got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Albrighton hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Leicester City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Brighton & Hove Albion on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Welbeck and March (2) scored in Brighton's previous match, the home game against Liverpool that ended 3-0. Midfielder March was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.54. March scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Earlier, the FA Cup victory away at Middlesbrough.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brighton & Hove Albion are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Brighton & Hove Albion have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Leicester City.

Brighton & Hove Albion - Leicester 5-2 was the product when these teams formerly played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
7 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionL. Trossard
L. Trossard
7 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
6 goals

Leicester City missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Leicester City Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
5 2 1 Won W 4 5 9
2 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
12 5 0 Lost L 0 3 6
26 9 6 Scored S 12 19 35
33 10 2 Conceded C 4 15 25
95% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
79% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
58% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 78% 67%
32% 22% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 44%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 33%
42% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 61%
32% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 28%
32% 56% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
3.8 4.3 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 6
5.9 5.4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 3.9
1.3 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.7 13.6
4 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 5.3
34% 28% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 44% 37%
 
13.3 10.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12 10.2
4.4 3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have scored at least twice as many goals away as Leicester City have scored home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leicester City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League

  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 17 14 2 1 40 14 8 7 1 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 44
2 Manchester City 18 12 3 3 46 18 9 7 1 1 31 10 9 5 2 2 15 8 28 39
3 Manchester United 18 12 2 4 29 21 9 7 1 1 17 5 9 5 1 3 12 16 8 38
4 Newcastle United 18 9 8 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 4 4 1 15 6 21 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 37 25 9 6 0 3 21 13 9 4 3 2 16 12 12 33
6 Fulham 19 9 4 6 32 28 10 5 3 2 18 15 9 4 1 4 14 13 4 31
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 9 3 6 35 25 9 4 2 3 16 10 9 5 1 3 19 15 10 30
8 Brentford 19 7 8 4 32 28 10 5 4 1 20 10 9 2 4 3 12 18 4 29
9 Liverpool 18 8 4 6 34 25 9 6 2 1 23 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 28
10 Chelsea 18 7 4 7 21 21 8 4 2 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 9 14 0 25
11 Aston Villa 19 7 4 8 22 27 10 5 2 3 15 11 9 2 2 5 7 16 -5 25
12 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 17 25 9 4 1 4 10 15 8 2 3 3 7 10 -8 22
13 Nottingham Forest 19 5 5 9 15 34 10 4 3 3 13 12 9 1 2 6 2 22 -19 20
14 Leeds United 18 4 5 9 26 33 9 3 3 3 15 14 9 1 2 6 11 19 -7 17
15 Leicester City 19 5 2 12 26 33 9 2 2 5 9 10 10 3 0 7 17 23 -7 17
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 4 5 10 12 27 10 3 2 5 6 14 9 1 3 5 6 13 -15 17
17 AFC Bournemouth 19 4 4 11 18 41 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 1 2 7 9 31 -23 16
18 West Ham United 19 4 3 12 15 25 9 3 1 5 9 12 10 1 2 7 6 13 -10 15
19 Everton 19 3 6 10 15 26 10 2 2 6 9 14 9 1 4 4 6 12 -11 15
20 Southampton 19 4 3 12 17 34 9 1 3 5 9 16 10 3 0 7 8 18 -17 15

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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.