Football match preview: Leicester City vs West Ham United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

This match involves two sides dwelling in the cellar of the Premier League, Leicester City at 18th place and West Ham United lying 14th. A good opportunity for one of the squads to better their position.

Insights:
  • West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Leicester City are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. West Ham is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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.

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Leicester City form and stats

With 4 Premier League wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Leicester City are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Leicester City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Leicester City's attacking players as they have now played 181 minutes without scoring in a league game. Barnes was their last goal scorer.

The home team returns to King Power Stadium after drawing with Newcastle United (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Leicester City lost 0-3 at home to Liverpool.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leicester handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Leicester City has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. On the other hand, Leicester City have conceded 26 goals.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-3-12 (18 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Moyes, the West Ham manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The supporters enjoyed West Ham United's previous game versus Leeds United (placed 19th), a 3-1 win played at home. Midfielder Bowen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Bowen scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Before that, the Europa Conference League win away at AZ. West Ham United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. West Ham struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered scoreline between these participants is the West Ham United - Leicester City 0-2 played previously this season. Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Leicester City won three games, three matches ended with a tie and West Ham United managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
12 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
10 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
6 goals

Leicester City missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
8 4 2 Won W 1 3 11
7 4 1 Drew D 2 3 7
22 10 2 Lost L 2 12 19
49 21 9 Scored S 7 15 41
67 26 5 Conceded C 5 29 53
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 61% 76%
62% 61% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 39% 38%
35% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 28% 27%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
54% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 41%
19% 17% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 24%
32% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 35%
 
3.6 3.6 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 8.2 5.3 5.5
6.2 5.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.4 5.2
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 11 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 19 11.4 12.6
4 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.6 3.8
33% 28% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 23% 29%
 
15 12.9 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.7 13
4.8 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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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 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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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.