Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City betting preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City are both riding high in the Premier League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur has the the best goal difference (+13) in Premier League
  • Leicester City has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spurs and Leicester City.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Tottenham Hotspur, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Premier League, have played 6 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Spurs Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager J. dos Santos Mourinho led his Tottenham Hotspur to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Liverpool. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Spurs Stadium. 1-1 away at Crystal Palace before that.

Hugo Lloris had a busy but productive day in the Liverpool match. Despite making nine saves the loss could not be prevented.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Spurs 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 three wins, two draws and one defeat.

There will be little rest for Spurs after this match as they are travelling to Stoke City for a Carabao Cup game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Spurs in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Spurs have conceded 6 goals.

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Leicester City form and stats

The strength of Leicester City on their travels this season is incredible with 15 points collected from 6 Premier League away games. Leicester City has 5-0-1 on the road, with 15 goals scored and 7 conceded.

Home advantage was not enough for Leicester in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Everton, 0-2. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion.

We have checked recent matches where Leicester City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.

Leicester City create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 15 goals in 6 travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Leicester in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Spurs, one draw and three wins for Leicester City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
11 goals
Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
10 goals
SpursH. Kane
H. Kane
9 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Leicester City missing players

Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
7 3 0 Won W 0 5 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 5
25 10 0 Scored S 0 15 24
12 6 1 Conceded C 3 7 17
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 69%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 23%
54% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 38%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
15% 17% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 10.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 10.8
5.1 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 4.2
38% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 44%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leicester City has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tottenham Hotspur has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur has the the best goal difference (+13) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tottenham Hotspur 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 Liverpool 13 8 4 1 29 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 6 1 4 1 9 12 10 28
2 Tottenham Hotspur 13 7 4 2 25 12 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 4 2 1 15 6 13 25
3 Southampton 13 7 3 3 25 18 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 3 3 1 12 10 7 24
4 Leicester City 13 8 0 5 24 17 7 3 0 4 9 10 6 5 0 1 15 7 7 24
5 Everton 13 7 2 4 23 18 6 3 1 2 13 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 23
6 Chelsea 13 6 4 3 26 14 6 3 2 1 14 7 7 3 2 2 12 7 12 22
7 West Ham United 13 6 3 4 21 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 21
8 Manchester City 12 5 5 2 18 12 6 3 2 1 12 7 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 20
9 Manchester United 11 6 2 3 19 17 6 1 2 3 3 10 5 5 0 0 16 7 2 20
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 6 2 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 20
11 Aston Villa 10 6 0 4 21 13 5 2 0 3 12 11 5 4 0 1 9 2 8 18
12 Crystal Palace 13 5 3 5 19 18 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 1 3 11 11 1 18
13 Leeds United 13 5 2 6 22 24 7 2 2 3 12 13 6 3 0 3 10 11 -2 17
14 Newcastle United 12 5 2 5 16 21 6 3 0 3 8 12 6 2 2 2 8 9 -5 17
15 Arsenal 13 4 2 7 11 16 7 2 1 4 6 10 6 2 1 3 5 6 -5 14
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 2 5 6 15 21 6 0 3 3 6 10 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 11
17 Fulham 13 2 3 8 12 22 7 1 2 4 6 12 6 1 1 4 6 10 -10 9
18 Burnley 11 2 3 6 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 6 1 2 3 4 12 -12 9
19 West Bromwich Albion 13 1 4 8 10 26 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 7
20 Sheffield United 12 0 1 11 5 21 6 0 1 5 2 8 6 0 0 6 3 13 -16 1

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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.