Liverpool are placed 6th, while Leicester City are lagging 8 points behind in the league table. Will they cut the gap?
- Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) 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.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Anfield. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Happy days for Liverpool in their previous game, a fixture away at Aston Villa (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Salah has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful! Robertson was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.14 out of 10. The defender Robertson served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Liverpool home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Klopp will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brentford in only three days.
Liverpool are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Anfield in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches.
Leicester City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. Leicester have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Newcastle United with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Leicester City lost heavily in their last match (against Newcastle United as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Tielemans got a match rating of 6.92 in that game, top player of the team. Tielemans hit one key pass.
Ahead of that, the Carabao Cup win away at Milton Keynes Dons. You'll want to know how Leicester managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
After this away game Leicester City return home for a Premier League game against Fulham. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Leicester manager Rodgers has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Liverpool six wins, two draws and Leicester City two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Firmino 7 goals |  M. Salah Ghaly 7 goals |   J. Maddison 7 goals |
Liverpool missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Liverpool | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 31 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 19% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 7.4 | 8.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.4 | 19.9 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | 37% |
| 10.1 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.4 | 13 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.1 | 4.6 |
- All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leicester City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- 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 points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most scored goals (16) away in Premier League
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Liverpool have created more than twice as many corners as Leicester City.
- Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Liverpool have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Arsenal | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 32 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Fulham | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Brentford | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Everton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 13 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 13 |
| 20 | Southampton | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
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