West Ham United vs Leicester City match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (60000 seats)

West Ham United and Leicester City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

West Ham United and Leicester City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have collected 27 points from their home games so far after 8-3-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on West Ham United to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that West Ham United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Manchester United. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Chelsea.

West Ham United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at London Stadium with 27 goals in 17 matches. 25 goals have been conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

The visitors are W7-D3-L7 on the road this term. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Leicester City are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Newcastle United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Huddersfield Town with the score of 4-1.

Leicester City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 17 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Leicester City have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Leicester City - West Ham United 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): West Ham United won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Leicester City has 5 wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Vardy
15 goals / 4 assists
Felipe Anderson
9 goals / 4 assists
M. Arnautović
7 goals / 3 assists

West Ham United missing players

Leicester City missing players

West Ham United Leicester City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
42 27 Scored 25 46
52 25 Conceded 25 45
97% 94% Over 0.5 100% 97%
82% 76% Over 1.5 76% 76%
47% 53% Over 2.5 53% 50%
32% 47% Over 3.5 29% 24%
9% 18% Over 4.5 18% 12%
47% 53% Both teams to score 71% 62%
15% 18% Clean Sheet 24% 24%
41% 35% Failed To Score 6% 18%
 
5 5.9 Corners For (avg) 5.5 5.6
5.4 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 5.9 5.1
1.6 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.7
1 0 Red Cards (total) 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Leicester City hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leicester City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • West Ham United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 34 26 7 1 77 20 17 15 2 0 48 10 17 11 5 1 29 10 57 85
2 Manchester City 33 27 2 4 86 22 17 16 0 1 55 12 16 11 2 3 31 10 64 83
3 Tottenham Hotspur 33 22 1 10 64 34 16 11 1 4 31 13 17 11 0 6 33 21 30 67
4 Arsenal 33 20 6 7 66 40 17 14 2 1 39 12 16 6 4 6 27 28 26 66
5 Chelsea 34 20 6 8 57 36 17 11 5 1 34 10 17 9 1 7 23 26 21 66
6 Manchester United 33 19 7 7 63 44 16 10 5 1 32 20 17 9 2 6 31 24 19 64
7 Leicester City 34 14 5 15 46 45 17 7 2 8 21 20 17 7 3 7 25 25 1 47
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 8 12 41 42 16 8 3 5 24 20 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 47
9 Everton 34 13 7 14 46 44 17 8 4 5 24 21 17 5 3 9 22 23 2 46
10 Watford 33 13 7 13 47 48 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 5 5 7 24 27 -1 46
11 West Ham United 34 12 6 16 42 52 17 8 3 6 27 25 17 4 3 10 15 27 -10 42
12 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 5 17 49 61 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 5 0 12 20 37 -12 41
13 Crystal Palace 34 11 6 17 40 46 17 4 4 9 14 20 17 7 2 8 26 26 -6 39
14 Burnley 34 11 6 17 42 60 17 7 2 8 23 28 17 4 4 9 19 32 -18 39
15 Newcastle United 34 10 8 16 32 43 17 7 1 9 19 21 17 3 7 7 13 22 -11 38
16 Southampton 33 9 9 15 39 54 17 5 6 6 23 26 16 4 3 9 16 28 -15 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 9 6 17 32 51 16 6 4 6 17 21 16 3 2 11 15 30 -19 33
18 Cardiff City 33 8 4 21 28 63 17 6 2 9 19 33 16 2 2 12 9 30 -35 28
19 Fulham 34 5 5 24 32 76 17 5 3 9 21 32 17 0 2 15 11 44 -44 20
20 Huddersfield Town 34 3 5 26 19 67 17 2 2 13 8 28 17 1 3 13 11 39 -48 14