Premier League: Leicester vs Fulham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 22 match between Leicester and Fulham and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Mid-placed Fulham visit Leicester, who are currently struggling to put some distance between themselves and the relegation-zone. This is a round 22 match taking place at King Power Stadium this coming Saturday.

Leicester are placed 19th with 14 points after 21 matches. Fulham occupy a position as nineth in the league on 30 points.

Team form: Leicester vs Fulham

Leicester Form

Leicester are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Aston Villa by a 2-1 score, before winning 6-2 against Queens Park Rangers. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 0-2 against Crystal Palace. Leicester claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored six and conceded 12 goals.

Fulham Form

Fulham recorded a diverse set of results in their last three matches. They began with a 2-2 draw with Ipswich. A 4-1 win against Watford followed, before a 3-2 defeat against West Ham in their most recent match. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Fulham won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and ten scored.

Betting facts for Leicester and Fulham

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Leicester and Fulham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Leicester vs Fulham

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jordan Ayew will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Fulham hope Raul Jimenez can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Betting markets: Leicester vs Fulham

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 two of the games, whilst losing five. Fulham won three of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost two of the games in this run. Leicester lost 6 matches on the bounce.

Both teams to score

Leicester scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Fulham scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Fulham 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, Fulham kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Fulham have scored in 6 consecutive meetings with Leicester when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Leicester, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Fulham, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves. Amazingly, Leicester failed to keep a clean sheet in their 14 last matches.