Home advantage could prove decisive in Leicester City - Tottenham Hotspur battle

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Premier League: Leicester City welcome Tottenham Hotspur in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Tottenham Hotspur played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

Spurs are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Leicester City form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Leicester City at their home stadium (King Power Stadium) is 9 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Leicester are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Chelsea. The attacker Kelechi Iheanacho was "man of the match" for Leicester with a rating of 7.65/10. Iheanacho scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Chelsea.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leicester City handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.

The Leicester fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 18 league matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Playing away, Tottenham Hotspur have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Spurs's previous game was their home loss versus Aston Villa (1-2). Defender Toby Alderweireld was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Alderweireld won 4 of 4 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers.

We have checked recent matches where Spurs have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.

Tottenham Hotspur are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 18 away games so far. As opposed to that, Spurs have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Tottenham Hotspur - Leicester City 0-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Leicester City wins - draws - Tottenham Hotspur wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
22 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
17 goals
LeicesterJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
13 goals

Leicester City missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
20 9 2 Won W 1 7 17
6 1 0 Drew D 1 5 8
11 8 4 Lost L 3 6 12
66 32 5 Scored S 8 29 64
46 26 10 Conceded C 8 23 43
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
89% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 81%
62% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 54%
27% 39% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 32%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 11%
57% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 54%
30% 33% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 32%
16% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 17% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 12.7 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 10.8 11.6
4.6 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.7
38% 37% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 41% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leicester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Premier League
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur 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 Manchester City 37 26 5 6 78 32 18 12 2 4 38 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 46 83
2 Manchester United 37 20 11 6 71 43 19 9 4 6 38 28 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 71
3 Chelsea 37 19 10 8 57 34 19 9 6 4 31 18 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 67
4 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 66 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 24 66
5 Leicester City 37 20 6 11 66 46 18 9 1 8 32 26 19 11 5 3 34 20 20 66
6 West Ham United 37 18 8 11 59 47 18 9 4 5 29 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 12 62
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 8 12 64 43 19 10 3 6 35 20 18 7 5 6 29 23 21 59
8 Everton 37 17 8 12 47 43 19 6 4 9 24 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 59
9 Arsenal 37 17 7 13 53 39 18 7 4 7 22 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 14 58
10 Leeds United 37 17 5 15 59 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 19 10 0 9 34 33 6 56
11 Aston Villa 37 15 7 15 53 45 18 6 4 8 27 26 19 9 3 7 26 19 8 52
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 12 9 16 35 50 18 7 4 7 20 23 19 5 5 9 15 27 -15 45
13 Crystal Palace 37 12 8 17 41 64 19 6 5 8 20 32 18 6 3 9 21 32 -23 44
14 Southampton 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 8 3 8 28 25 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 43
15 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 44 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 42
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 14 14 40 44 19 4 9 6 22 22 18 5 5 8 18 22 -4 41
17 Burnley 37 10 9 18 33 54 19 4 6 9 14 27 18 6 3 9 19 27 -21 39
18 Fulham 37 5 13 19 27 51 18 2 4 12 9 26 19 3 9 7 18 25 -24 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 37 5 11 21 34 73 19 3 6 10 15 39 18 2 5 11 19 34 -39 26
20 Sheffield United 37 6 2 29 19 63 18 4 1 13 11 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -44 20

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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 37 26 5 6 78 32 18 12 2 4 38 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 46 83
2 Manchester United 37 20 11 6 71 43 19 9 4 6 38 28 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 71
3 Chelsea 37 19 10 8 57 34 19 9 6 4 31 18 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 67
4 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 66 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 24 66
5 Leicester City 37 20 6 11 66 46 18 9 1 8 32 26 19 11 5 3 34 20 20 66
6 West Ham United 37 18 8 11 59 47 18 9 4 5 29 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 12 62
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 8 12 64 43 19 10 3 6 35 20 18 7 5 6 29 23 21 59
8 Everton 37 17 8 12 47 43 19 6 4 9 24 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 59
9 Arsenal 37 17 7 13 53 39 18 7 4 7 22 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 14 58
10 Leeds United 37 17 5 15 59 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 19 10 0 9 34 33 6 56
11 Aston Villa 37 15 7 15 53 45 18 6 4 8 27 26 19 9 3 7 26 19 8 52
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 12 9 16 35 50 18 7 4 7 20 23 19 5 5 9 15 27 -15 45
13 Crystal Palace 37 12 8 17 41 64 19 6 5 8 20 32 18 6 3 9 21 32 -23 44
14 Southampton 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 8 3 8 28 25 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 43
15 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 44 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 42
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 14 14 40 44 19 4 9 6 22 22 18 5 5 8 18 22 -4 41
17 Burnley 37 10 9 18 33 54 19 4 6 9 14 27 18 6 3 9 19 27 -21 39
18 Fulham 37 5 13 19 27 51 18 2 4 12 9 26 19 3 9 7 18 25 -24 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 37 5 11 21 34 73 19 3 6 10 15 39 18 2 5 11 19 34 -39 26
20 Sheffield United 37 6 2 29 19 63 18 4 1 13 11 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -44 20

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