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Leicester City take on visiting side Norwich City at The King Power Stadium in the Championship clash on Monday.
View all of the Leicester City v Norwich City predictions, poll and stats below (including the best match odds).
๐ Form Guide
Leicester City
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Leicester City will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Championship losing effort in their last game against Bristol City.
In that game, Leicester City had 61% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Bristol City had 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Anis Mehmeti (73') was the scorer for Bristol City.
Enzo Maresca's Leicester City have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 7 times over their last 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 9.
A look at their previous results shows us that Leicester City:
- have not lost a league tie with Norwich City in their last 3 games.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
Norwich City
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Norwich City go into this match following a 2-1 Championship win as they beat Plymouth Argyle in their previous fixture.
In that match, Norwich City had 65% possession and 23 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Norwich City was Josh Sargent (67'). Plymouth Argyle had 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Morgan Whittaker (10') and Ashley Phillips (74' Own goal) scored for Plymouth Argyle.
Illustrating their involvement in productive matches, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior six matches in which Norwich City have played, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have got 5 of those goals.
Coming into this fixture, Norwich City have not registered a win against Leicester City in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
๐ฅ Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 27/02/2016 shows us that Leicester City have won 4 of these games & Norwich City 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 from The Foxes and 3 for The Canaries. The average goals per game has been 2.
The last league meeting featuring the two was Championship match day 7 on 20/09/2023 and the score finished Norwich City 0-2 Leicester City.
In that game, Norwich City managed 43% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
Leicester City had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kelechi แปheanachแป (45') and Kasey McAteer (87') scored.
The match was refereed by Graham Scott.
๐๏ธ Team News: Leicester City
The Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match with a completely healthy group available to select from.
๐ Team News: Norwich City
Norwich City manager David Wagner has a number of players out of action. Jonathan Rowe (Hamstring injury), Grant Hanley (unknown injury), Dimitrios Giannoulis (Hamstring injury) and Shane Duffy (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.
๐ง Prediction
Weโre inclined to think that Leicester City should fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they come up against Norwich City, who could well struggle to get a goal of their own.
Accordingly, we see a controlled 2-0 victory for Leicester City at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 11:04 01/04/2024
Predicted Lineups
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Leicester City
Formed: 1884
Stadium: The King Power Stadium (32,262)
Captain: Jamie Vardy
Chairman: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager: Enzo Maresca
Competitions: Championship position 2
๐ Key Player: Stephy Mavididi
Normally used in the Left Wing position, Stephy Mavididi was born in Derby, England. Having played his first senior match for Charlton Athletic in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has netted 10 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 37 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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39 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 84 | WWLWW |
2 |
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39 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 83 | DWWWD |
3 |
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38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 82 | LLWDL |
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37 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 74 | LLWWD |
5 |
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39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 67 | WDWWD |
6 |
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39 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 64 | WLWWW |
7 |
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38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 60 | LLWWW |
8 |
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38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 59 | WDLWW |
9 |
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38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 58 | DDDDL |
10 |
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39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 55 | WWWDD |
11 |
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39 | 16 | 5 | 18 | -10 | 53 | WWWLL |
12 |
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39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 51 | LLLDW |
13 |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 50 | LLWLW |
14 |
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39 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 49 | LDLWD |
15 |
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39 | 12 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 47 | WDLWD |
16 |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 44 | WDWLD |
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39 | 12 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 44 | WLWLW |
18 |
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39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 43 | WDLDW |
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39 | 11 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 42 | LDDDL |
20 |
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39 | 10 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 41 | LLDLL |
21 |
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39 | 10 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 39 | DLLLL |
22 |
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39 | 8 | 15 | 16 | -21 | 39 | DLLDL |
23 |
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39 | 11 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 39 | WWLLD |
24 |
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39 | 3 | 11 | 25 | -50 | 20 | LLLDL |
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Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-2 |
Jamie Vardy | 15 |
Stephy Mavididi | 12 |
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 12 |
Patson Daka | 7 |
Kelechi แปheanachแป | 5 |
Josh Sargent | 15 |
Gabriel Sara | 12 |
Jonathan Rowe | 12 |
Ashley Barnes | 6 |
Borja Sainz | 6 |
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