Ace Football previews the Championship round 26 match between Leicester and West Bromwich and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Mid-placed Leicester face relegation-threatened West Bromwich at King Power Stadium in round 26 of the Championship in a match that kick-offs on Monday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.
Leicester approach the next Championship round as number 13 in the table, having claimed 34 points this season so far. With 25 games behind them, West Bromwich amassed 31 points, placing them as number 18 before their next fixture.
Team form: Leicester vs West Bromwich
Leicester Form
Leicester are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Watford by a 1-2 score, before winning 2-1 against Derby. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 3-1 against Sheffield United. Leicester claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 11 and conceded nine goals.
West Bromwich Form
In their previous three outings, West Bromwich lost 1-2 against Bristol City, beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 and lost 1-0 against Swansea. West Bromwich came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to five.
Betting stats and facts for Leicester and West Bromwich
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Leicester and West Bromwich played across all tournaments.
- In the last 10 Leicester matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 10 Leicester matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Leicester home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Leicester home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Leicester home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- West Bromwich have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- West Bromwich have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 West Bromwich matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 West Bromwich matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 West Bromwich matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
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Full-time result
Leicester claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. West Bromwich won one of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost nine of the games in this run. Leicester have not lost to West Bromwich in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Leicester scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Curiously, West Bromwich only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 6 consecutive home games Leicester played. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Leicester managed to keep a clean sheet in zero of the last 10 games, West Bromwich kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Leicester have scored in 13 consecutive league meetings with West Bromwich.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in ten of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. In the last ten games for West Bromwich, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Astonishingly, Leicester failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 19 matches.
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