Premier League: West Ham vs Leicester – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 27 match between West Ham and Leicester and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

West Ham and The Foxes are desperate for points to improve their standings in the table, with relegation looming. The teams clash on Thursday at London Stadium, with much riding on the outcome in this Premier League battle.

Sitting bottom of the table, Leicester have claimed 17 points after 26 rounds, while West Ham have amassed 30 points. This places the latter as number 16 in the Premier League at the moment.

Team form: West Ham vs Leicester

West Ham Form

West Ham suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Chelsea in a 2-1 defeat. Brentford also proved too hard to handle, as they won 0-1, before West Ham were able to strike back last time out in a 0-1 win against Arsenal. West Ham claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost three, scored six goals and conceded 12.

Leicester Form

Leicester lost their previous three matches by 2-1 against Manchester United, 0-2 against Arsenal and 0-4 against Brentford. Leicester managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 18 time and letting in five.

Betting facts for West Ham and Leicester

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

Players in form: West Ham vs Leicester

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for West Ham, Jarrod Bowen has been good for them over the course of the season with seven goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Leicester, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator on Thursday, depending on your betting strategy.

Betting markets: West Ham vs Leicester

Full-time result

West Ham claimed a modest four 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 four. Leicester won one of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost eight of the games in this run. Astonishingly, Leicester conceded a goal in their last 19 matches. Leicester have not lost to West Ham in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

West Ham scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Leicester scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Leicester have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. West Ham will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet on Thursday, as Leicester have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 games. The former fought their way to two clean sheets in their last 10 games. Leicester have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with West Ham when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for West Ham, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Leicester, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game. Leicester did not score a single goal in 3 consecutive games