Ace Football team offers the Premier League round 25 match preview for Leicester City and Arsenal, who meet up on Saturday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.
With little to lose, Leicester City aim to spring a surprise, when faced with current Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday at King Power Stadium.
Arsenal have taken the lead in the Premier League after collecting 54 points from their initial 23 encounters. Leicester City trail them by 24 points after 23 rounds, leaving them as number 14 in the table.
Team form: Leicester City vs Arsenal
Leicester City Form
Leicester City hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Aston Villa by 2-4, before winning 4-1 against Tottenham. The streak ended in a recent 3-0 defeat against Manchester United. The Foxes managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded eight goals.
Arsenal Form
Arsenal claimed four points in their last three matches, starting with a 1-1 draw with Brentford. A 1-3 defeat against Manchester City was next up, before beating Aston Villa by 2-4. The Gunners picked up five wins from a possible six on their recent travels in the Premier League, while scoring 13 and conceding five goals. They also lost once while drawing none.
Betting facts for Leicester City and Arsenal
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the most recent games that Leicester City and Arsenal played across all competitions.
- In 7 of the last 9 Leicester home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Leicester have won the last 3 matches in a row
- Leicester have not lost the last 4 matches in a row
- Leicester have conceded in 8 of the last 10 matches
- In 3 of the last 4 matches Leicester played, both teams scored
- In 12 of the last 14 Arsenal away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 matches in a row Arsenal played, both teams scored
- Arsenal have won 6 of the last 8 away matches
- Arsenal have won 5 of the last 7 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Arsenal have conceded in the last 6 matches in a row
Players to watch: Leicester City vs Arsenal
While Bukayo Saka added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Premier League, James Maddison scored twice in his last six.
Popular markets: Leicester City vs Arsenal
Full-time result
Leicester City won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, drawing three and losing three as well. Arsenal won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost three in this run. The Gunners have not lost to Leicester City in 4 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Leicester City only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Arsenal scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. The Gunners managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Leicester City were first on target in three of their last 10 outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Leicester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Arsenal, who managed to score 1.8 times in those matches. Leicester City conceded a goal in their previous 8 matches on the bounce.
Betting tip: Leicester City vs Arsenal
In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Leicester City and Arsenal. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.
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