Premier League: Leicester City - Fulham game guide and facts

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 03.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Leicester City and Fulham have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. Both occupy mid-table spots in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier League

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

With 2 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Leicester City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Leicester City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at King Power Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Leicester City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liverpool (1-2).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Newcastle United (0-3).

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 1.

It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There will be little rest for Leicester City after this match as they are travelling to Gillingham for a FA Cup game in only four days.

Leicester City has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Leicester have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Fulham form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Fulham have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far.

Fulham had fun at their own home (King Power Stadium) last time out, beating Southampton 2-1. Palhinha scored. Palhinha got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Palhinha scored one goal.

Prior to that result Fulham won their away game at Crystal Palace. The scoreline was 3-0.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 14 of this club's 15 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fulham manager da Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hull City.

The travelling fans enjoy Fulham's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fulham have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings with these sides: Leicester City won three, Fulham triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
10 goals
LeicesterJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
7 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
6 goals

Leicester City missing players

Fulham missing players

Leicester City Fulham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 17
5 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
2 2 2 Drew D 0 1 4
10 4 0 Lost L 0 4 6
26 9 2 Scored S 3 13 29
30 9 2 Conceded C 0 13 27
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
82% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
65% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 88%
35% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 41%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 24%
47% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 76%
35% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 24%
24% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
3.6 4.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.1 5.2
6.2 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.4 5
1.2 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 10.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 21 10.8 12.4
4.1 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 3.9 4.4
37% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 42% 39%
 
13.4 10.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 4 14.1 12.9
4.6 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Fulham have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 16 14 1 1 40 14 7 7 0 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 43
2 Manchester City 16 11 3 2 44 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 7 4 2 1 13 6 28 36
3 Newcastle United 17 9 7 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 8 4 3 1 15 6 21 34
4 Manchester United 16 10 2 4 24 20 7 5 1 1 12 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 4 32
5 Tottenham Hotspur 16 9 3 4 33 23 8 6 0 2 21 11 8 3 3 2 12 12 10 30
6 Liverpool 16 8 4 4 33 19 9 6 2 1 23 9 7 2 2 3 10 10 14 28
7 Fulham 17 7 4 6 29 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 8 3 1 4 13 13 2 25
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 7 3 6 28 24 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 4 1 3 15 14 4 24
9 Chelsea 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 2 24
10 Brentford 17 5 8 4 27 27 8 3 4 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 18 0 23
11 Crystal Palace 16 6 4 6 17 21 8 4 1 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 -4 22
12 Aston Villa 16 5 3 8 17 25 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 1 2 5 5 16 -8 18
13 Leicester City 17 5 2 10 26 30 8 2 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 17 21 -4 17
14 Leeds United 16 4 4 8 23 29 8 3 2 3 13 12 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 16
15 AFC Bournemouth 17 4 4 9 18 36 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 1 2 5 9 26 -18 16
16 Everton 17 3 6 8 13 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 9 1 4 4 6 12 -7 15
17 West Ham United 17 4 2 11 13 22 9 3 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 4 10 -9 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 4 10 10 26 9 2 2 5 5 14 8 1 2 5 5 12 -16 13
19 Nottingham Forest 16 3 4 9 11 33 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 0 2 6 1 22 -22 13
20 Southampton 17 3 3 11 15 32 8 1 3 4 9 15 9 2 0 7 6 17 -17 12

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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.