The league table is allowed to rest as Leicester City and Aston Villa battle for Carabao Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
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 Leicester City and Aston Villa.
Leicester City form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Leicester City have performed here at King Power Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Carabao Cup, Leicester City has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The Leicester City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Wigan Athletic in FA Cup and win 2-0. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Newcastle United.
Leicester City are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D0-L0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Leicester City as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Southampton are visiting.
A decent goal production from Leicester City in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Leicester City have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aston Villa form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from Aston Villa's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Aston Villa only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Total Carabao Cup statistics for Aston Villa: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Aston Villa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Fulham. Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Burnley with the score of 2-1.
You'll want to know how Aston Villa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Aston Villa are hosting Manchester City in the Premier League only four days away.
Aston Villa find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Aston Villa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Leicester City won 4 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Aston Villa has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 3Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 17 goals |  J. Maddison 6 goals |   J. Grealish 6 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Leicester City | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 58 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||