On February 25th, Leicester City and Arsenal will go head to head in a showdown of English Premier League giants. Leicester currently sits 14th in the league, while Arsenal holds the top spot. Both teams have been led by their top scorers this season, James Maddison and Bukayo Saka. Maddison has scored 9 goals for Leicester and Saka has scored 9 for Arsenal. It should be an exciting match as both teams battle for supremacy in the EPL.
This season has been a roller coaster for Leicester City, with a big win at home of 4-0 and an even bigger win of 0-4 away. Unfortunately, they also experienced a big loss at home with a score of 0-3, and a crushing away defeat of 6-2. At home this season, Leicester have won 3 games, drawn 3, and lost 5. Arsenal have been much more successful away from home, winning 9 games, drawing 1, and losing 2. It’s clear that Leicester need to make some adjustments to their home game if they want to compete with the top teams in the league.
The key statistics of the players of both teams this season:
- Assists: James Maddison (Leicester) — 5 assists, Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) — 8 assists.
- Goalkeepers saves: Danny Ward (Leicester) — 70, Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal) — 53
- Tackles: Wout Faes (Leicester) — 32, Thomas Partey (Arsenal) — 20.
- Most encounters won: Timothy Castagne (Leicester) — 98, Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) — 110.
- Yellow cards: James Maddison (Leicester) — 6, Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) — 5.
- Red cards: (Leicester) — 0, J. Tomkins (Arsenal) — 1.
Top 5 scorers this season:
- Erling Haaland (26, Manchester City)
- Harry Kane (17, Tottenham)
- Ivan Toney (14, Brentford)
- Marcus Rashford (14, Manchester United)
- Aleksandar Mitrović (11, Fulham)
Team statistics:
This season, Leicester and Arsenal have had many impressive performances. Leicester has gone without scoring a goal in 6 matches this season, while Arsenal has conceded in only 9 matches. Arsenal has had the biggest margin of victory at home, with a 5-0 scoreline, and away with a 0-3 scoreline. The biggest loss at home was a 1-3 scoreline and away was a 3-1 scoreline. Both teams have had impressive seasons, but Arsenal has been particularly successful in both attack and defense.
The five previous matches played by the teams:
- Leicester — LWWDL
- Arsenal — WDLWW
The last five games for Leicester have been a roller coaster, with two wins, one loss and two draws. On the other hand, Arsenal have been in a good bit of form, with four wins and a draw in their last five matches. While Leicester have been inconsistent, Arsenal’s recent run of results bodes well for their chances in future fixtures.
This season Leicester has played without scoring a goal 6 times.
Arsenal did not conceded in 9 match of the season.
According to home statistics this season, Leicester scores more goals and concedes more in the following intervals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 21.05% | 15.38% |
| 16-30 | 13.16% | 17.95% |
| 31-45 | 28.95% | 5.13% |
| 46-60 | 10.53% | 17.95% |
| 61-75 | 13.16% | 25.64% |
| 76-90 | 13.16% | 15.38% |
| 91-105 | 0% | 2.56% |
Arsenal has the following time frames of scoring and conceding goals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 12.24% | 8.00% |
| 16-30 | 16.33% | 12.00% |
| 31-45 | 10.20% | 16.00% |
| 46-60 | 30.61% | 16.00% |
| 61-75 | 18.37% | 32.00% |
| 76-90 | 10.20% | 12.00% |
| 91-105 | 2.04% | 4.00% |
Head-to-head stats:
| Teams | Games | Win | Draws | Losses | |||
| H | A | H | A | H | A | ||
| Leicester | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Arsenal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Probabilities before the match:
| Leicester | Arsenal | |
| 36.8% | Winning the game | 63.2% |
| 53% | Attack potential | 47% |
| 47% | Potential in defense | 53% |
| 20% | Strength against each other | 80% |
| 27% | Goal Potential | 73% |
Summary: the probability of Arsenal winning – 45%, draw – 45%, loss – 10%. Thus Leicester, most likely, loss (loss or draw)
Goal Forecast:Leicester, is likely to score 3 goals, Arsenal is likely to score no more than 3.
The bookmaker odds for this match:
| Home win | Draw | Away win |
| NordicBet 4.95 |
Marathonbet 4.1 |
Unibet 1.7 |
Save the date
The match between the teams Leicester and Arsenal will take place on February 25 at 15:00 (UTC) at the stadium King Power Stadium.
