Who will win when Tottenham Hotspur visit Leicester City? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and numbers required to get smart.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tottenham Hotspur have scored away.
These are hectic days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Newcastle United, was also a home game here at King Power Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester City have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Leicester bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Leicester City last time playing, versus Newcastle United. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Tielemans (2), Maddison and Daka scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Leicester "killed" Newcastle United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player James Maddison got a match rating of 9.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Maddison scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Heartbreak before that as Leicester City lost 2-3 at Napoli's place.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 three times, drawn one and lost three.
The manager Rodgers will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Everton in only three days.
A decent goal production from Leicester City in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leicester City have conceded 12 from these games.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 226 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sánchez, Son and Moura scored in Tottenham Hotspur's previous match, the home game against Norwich City that ended 3-0. Attacker Heung-Min Son got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Son scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Brentford.We have checked recent matches where Spurs have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Liverpool in just three days.
The attacking power of Spurs when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leicester three wins, one draw and Tottenham Hotspur six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 9 goals |   H. Son 6 goals |  Y. Tielemans 5 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Leicester City | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 27 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 75% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 69% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 19% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.2 | 11.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 28% |
| 15.4 | 15 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 14.3 | 13.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tottenham Hotspur have scored away.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Manchester City | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 37 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 36 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Everton | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Southampton | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -24 | 10 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)