The visiting Leicester City side should be favourites in this visit to West Ham United, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither West Ham United 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
With 2 Premier League wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, West Ham United are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at London Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for West Ham United as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
West Ham United lost their last game at Crystal Palace (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Southampton.
This is expected to be a close game, with West Ham United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with West Ham United as a small favourite), we find nine games. West Ham United has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Bournemouth are coming to town in four days.
The West Ham United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for West Ham United with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Leicester City form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leicester City have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Liverpool with 0-4 on the scoreboard. A 1-3 defeat away at Manchester City before that.
Leicester City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Leicester City in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Leicester City, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Leicester City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Newcastle United is waiting in only four days.
Leicester City have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 9 away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Leicester City in these games.
Head 2 Head
West Ham United - Leicester City 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 West Ham United victory, 4 draws and 5 Leicester City wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 17 goals |   S. Haller 5 goals |  J. Maddison 5 goals |
West Ham United missing players
Leicester City missing players
| West Ham United | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 15 | 22 | 41 |
| 30 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 17% | 38% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 22% | 16% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 53% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 28% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.4 |
| 5.6 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | 92 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 118 | 263 |
| 78 | 40 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 48 | 92 |
| 26% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 46% | 45% |
- All of West Ham United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leicester City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Leicester City has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leicester City have scored more than double the goals of West Ham United.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- West Ham United has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- West Ham United 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 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 38 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Burnley | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Southampton | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Watford | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 12 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)