Premier League: Leicester vs Ipswich – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Leicester and Ipswich who meet up this coming Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

The penultimate round of the Premier League season presents an interesting battle between Leicester and Ipswich. The match takes place on Sunday at King Power Stadium.

Form: Leicester vs Ipswich

Leicester Form

Leicester have seen it all in their last three matches. Against Wolverhampton, they came out empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-0 win against Southampton. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Leicester only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored two and conceded 13 goals.

Ipswich Form

Ipswich were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 3-0 defeat against Newcastle before drawing 2-2 with Everton. They were defeated once again, when Brentford ran out 0-1 winners. Ipswich only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by 12 goals to eight.

Betting stats for Leicester and Ipswich

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Leicester and Ipswich. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Leicester vs Ipswich

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. Ipswich hope Julio Enciso can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

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Full-time result

Leicester won two of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing eight times. Ipswich won two of their last 10 games away from home, with four draws and four defeats as well. Astonishingly, Ipswich failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 17 matches. Leicester have not lost to Ipswich in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Leicester scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Ipswich scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Leicester managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Ipswich were first on target in four of their last 10 outings. Both teams scored in the last 3 consecutive meetings between Leicester and Ipswich.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Ipswich, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of one time goals per game themselves.