Full preview: Liverpool likely to win against Leicester City at Anfield

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 10.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

It's looking good for Liverpool so far, with the 2nd position in the Premier League table and eagerly waiting for Leicester City (who are sitting at 10th).

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (58) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Liverpool nor Leicester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Liverpool form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 10 Premier League games here at Anfield for Liverpool. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The Liverpool fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Anfield and will expect new points from this game. Liverpool has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Tsimikas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.81 out of 10. The defender Tsimikas hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Crystal Palace and winning 3-1.

Liverpool are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Liverpool as they are travelling to their away game against Burnley in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Liverpool can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Liverpool have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leicester City form and stats

There's been little loot from Leicester City's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Leicester City only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Leicester seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The attacker Iheanacho got a match rating of 7.24 in that game. Iheanacho scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

A quick return to home after this game, as Leicester City are hosting West Ham United in the Premier League only three days away.

Leicester City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. The Leicester City manager Rodgers has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Leicester City - Liverpool 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Liverpool victories, two draws and two Leicester City wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
16 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
9 goals

Liverpool missing players

Leicester City missing players

Liverpool Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 2 9 20
14 7 3 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
2 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
58 25 10 Scored S 4 15 34
19 6 2 Conceded C 10 21 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 90% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
77% 70% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 70%
59% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 45%
23% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 22% 25%
45% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 70%
50% 60% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
7.9 8 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.7 4.7
3 3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 12 6.9 6.4
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
19.2 20.6 20.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.2 11.8
7 7.5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.5
37% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 42% 38%
 
8.3 7.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 16.1 16.5
3 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.2 5.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leicester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Leicester City have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (58) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool 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 23 18 3 2 55 14 11 9 1 1 32 6 12 9 2 1 23 8 41 57
2 Liverpool 22 14 6 2 58 19 10 7 3 0 25 6 12 7 3 2 33 13 39 48
3 Chelsea 24 13 8 3 48 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 12 7 3 2 21 8 30 47
4 Manchester United 22 11 5 6 36 30 11 6 1 4 18 15 11 5 4 2 18 15 6 38
5 West Ham United 23 11 4 8 41 31 11 5 2 4 22 18 12 6 2 4 19 13 10 37
6 Arsenal 21 11 3 7 33 25 11 7 2 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 36
7 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 3 6 26 24 10 7 1 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 10 14 2 36
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 10 4 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 8 8 11 6 2 3 11 8 3 34
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 6 12 4 23 23 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 3 7 1 13 12 0 30
10 Leicester City 20 7 5 8 34 37 11 5 2 4 19 16 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 26
11 Aston Villa 21 8 2 11 28 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 4 0 7 11 16 -4 26
12 Southampton 22 5 10 7 26 34 11 3 7 1 14 10 11 2 3 6 12 24 -8 25
13 Crystal Palace 22 5 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 21 15 10 1 4 5 10 19 -3 24
14 Brentford 23 6 5 12 26 38 12 4 1 7 14 17 11 2 4 5 12 21 -12 23
15 Leeds United 21 5 7 9 24 40 11 3 4 4 13 17 10 2 3 5 11 23 -16 22
16 Everton 20 5 4 11 24 35 10 4 1 5 15 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -11 19
17 Norwich City 22 4 4 14 13 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 11 2 2 7 6 25 -32 16
18 Watford 21 4 3 14 23 40 11 2 1 8 11 25 10 2 2 6 12 15 -17 15
19 Newcastle United 21 2 9 10 21 43 11 1 6 4 14 23 10 1 3 6 7 20 -22 15
20 Burnley 19 1 10 8 16 27 8 1 5 2 8 8 11 0 5 6 8 19 -11 13

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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.