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The Championship game at The King Power Stadium on Friday will see home team Leicester City up against Southampton.
View all Leicester City v Southampton tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Leicester City
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Leicester City enter this game after a 2-2 Championship drawn result against Hull City.
In that game, Leicester City had 49% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Leicester City was Jamie Vardy (31', 62'). Hull City got 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Fรกbio Carvalho (16') and Anass Zaroury (60') scored for Hull City.
Leicester City havenโt had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time theyโve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.
Theyโve hit an aggregate of 7 during that time and have conceded a total of 9.
Going into this encounter, Leicester City have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.
Southampton
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Southampton go into this clash following a 4-2 Championship win against Sunderland in their last outing.
In that match, Southampton had 61% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Southampton, the goalscorers were Stuart Armstrong (9'), Adam Armstrong (37') and Joe Rothwell (77', 80'). Sunderland had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Romaine Mundle (62') and Jobe Bellingham (71') scored for Sunderland.
The numbers tell their own story, and Southampton have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. In defence, Southampton seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.
Heading into this fixture, Southampton are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 30/04/2021, there has been little between the sides with Leicester City winning 2 of those games, Southampton 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 12 of them for The Foxes and 8 belonging to The Saints. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.33.
The last league fixture featuring these sides was Championship match day 6 on 15/09/2023 when it ended Southampton 1-4 Leicester City.
On that occasion, Southampton had 55% possession and 19 shots on goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Samuel Edozie (25').
On the other side, Leicester City got 15 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Jamie Vardy (1'), Kasey McAteer (18'), Wilfred Ndidi (45') and Stephy Mavididi (67') scored.
The match was refereed by Bobby Madley.
๐ฐ Team News: Leicester City
Availability isnโt a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca to be concerned about from an otherwise complete squad. Wilfred Ndidi (unknown injury) is sidelined.
๐ Team News: Southampton
Southampton boss Russell Martin has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kamaldeen Sulemana (unknown injury), Juan Larios (unknown injury) and Ross Stewart (Muscle injury) are not able to play.
โก Prediction
Here, weโre thinking that Southampton could well find it tough to breach the defence of this Leicester City team who we reckon will be able to grind out a win.
Weโre going for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Leicester City at the end of the match.
Hoping for a good game.
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Lucas Pereira, 19:01 15/03/2024
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 1, FA Cup (Quarter-Finals)
โญ Star Man: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Regularly deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was born in Nottingham, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Luton Town in the 2020 - 2021 season, the skilful Midfielder has managed 10 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date in 36 appearances.
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37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 78 | WWWWL |
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36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 73 | WLLWW |
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37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 63 | WDWDW |
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37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 58 | WDWLW |
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37 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 53 | LLWWW |
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36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 53 | WDWDL |
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37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 47 | LLLLL |
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37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 47 | LLLLW |
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37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 45 | WLLDL |
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37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 43 | LWWDL |
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37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 41 | LWLLD |
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37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 41 | LLWLW |
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37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 39 | WWWDL |
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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 | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Jamie Vardy | 13 |
Stephy Mavididi | 10 |
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 10 |
Patson Daka | 7 |
Kelechi แปheanachแป | 5 |
Adam Armstrong | 18 |
Chรฉ Adams | 10 |
Samuel Edozie | 6 |
Ryan Fraser | 6 |
Stuart Armstrong | 4 |
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