This game stars two squads living in the carpet of the Premier League, West Ham United having 15th position and Leicester City in 14th. A nice chance for one of the squads to improve their position.
- West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither West Ham 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.
West Ham United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, West Ham United have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. When West Ham United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw vs Blackburn Rovers in the Carabao Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here. Fornals, a natural forward, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.22 (out of 10). Fornals scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
Ahead of that match, West Ham United lost 1-2 at home to Crystal Palace.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does West Ham United handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Not much happening? In this team's last 14 league matches, 11 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
The West Ham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, West Ham United have conceded 8 goals. West Ham United has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Leicester City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leicester City so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). When Leicester City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Southampton, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest is teams we like to compare West Ham United with. Momentum is building for Leicester in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The followers enjoyed Leicester City's previous fixture versus Newport County, a Carabao Cup win (3-0) played at home. Attacker Vardy got a player rating of 8.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Vardy scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Everton.Leicester City 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 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Something to take note of for sports bettors wanting to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
The opposition has been scoring high and low on Leicester's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 19 goals in 7 travels. When Leicester City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Southampton, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest.
Head 2 Head
West Ham United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Leicester City.Top Goalscorers
  J. Maddison 6 goals |  H. Barnes 5 goals |  Y. Tielemans 3 goals |
West Ham United missing players
Leicester City missing players
| West Ham United | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 64% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 57% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 71% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 36% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 12.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.7 | 11.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 23% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | 37% |
| 11.7 | 11.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15 | 12.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 6 | 4.4 |
- All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of West Ham United's home-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 (14) away in Premier League
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
- West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- West Ham United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
