Soccer betting preview: West Ham United welcomes Leicester City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 23.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (66000 seats)

After the first round it's West Ham United - Leicester City 3-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Premier League game of the season?

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an animated fixture!

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West Ham United form and stats

The season before, West Ham United's league stats were 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 6th position in the Premier League. During these 38 matches they scored 62 goals and let in 47. Appearing as the host team in the former season West Ham United generated 10-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 22 conceded.

A strong away win for West Ham United against Newcastle United the last match, as Michail Antonio, Saïd Benrahma, Aaron Cresswell and Tomáš Souček were on target. Defender Aaron Cresswell got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Cresswell scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Southampton in a game that was won 3-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how West Ham United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost one.

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Leicester City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Leicester City performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 34/20 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Jamie Vardy secured the home win 1-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous game. The attacker Jamie Vardy got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Vardy scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Leicester secured a home win against Manchester City with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Leicester City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Leicester, two draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for West Ham United, three draws and four wins for Leicester City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

West Ham UnitedA. Cresswell
A. Cresswell
1 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Antonio
M. Antonio
1 goals
West HamT. Souček
T. Souček
1 goals

West Ham United missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Ham United Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
44% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
West Ham United Last season Leicester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 10   Won W   11 20
8 4   Drew D   5 6
11 5   Lost L   3 12
62 32   Scored S   34 68
47 22   Conceded C   20 50
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
63% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
32% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 29%
16% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
58% 53%   BTTS BTTS   68% 58%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
18% 16%   Failed to Score F T   11% 16%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.6
4.8 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.8
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.9 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 12.4
4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.7
41% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 38%

  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 United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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  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 United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.