Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Leicester City - Southampton!
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Leicester City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Leicester City at their home stadium (King Power Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Leicester, who won 4-0 against Stoke City. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Newcastle United.
As mentioned above, Leicester City "killed" Stoke City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leicester have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chelsea are coming to town in three days.
The Leicester fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Southampton form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Crystal Palace game have they lost an away game, meaning Southampton has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
The Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 344 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Southampton won their last game, 1-0 versus Liverpool played at home. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against West Ham United.
Southampton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.
The schedule is very tough for Southampton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Leeds United is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Southampton's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Southampton in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Leicester victories, three draws and three Southampton wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 11 goals |   D. Ings 7 goals |  H. Barnes 5 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Southampton missing players
| Leicester City | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 26 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.8 | 10.4 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 46% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 35% |
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Southampton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Everton | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Fulham | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -28 | 8 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 2 |
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