Notable statistics of the Leicester City vs Tottenham match
Tottenham played quite well last season, finishing 5th overall. To fulfill their ambitions in the new season, the "Roosters" signed striker Dominic Solanke for 64.3 million Euros. Tottenham have met newly promoted Premier League sides six times, losing just one game to Sunderland in 2007.
Leicester City won the Championship last season. In the opening 9 matches of the new season at home, the "Foxes" are unbeaten with 6 wins and 3 draws. However, Leicester have lost half of their matches on Monday (21/42).
With the departure of coach Enzo Maresca and star Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - both of whom have arrived at Chelsea - Leicester City really need a smooth start. In addition, they are also at risk of having their points deducted for violating Premier League financial regulations, so getting points in the opening match becomes even more important.
Tottenham's last 4 wins in the 2023-2024 season have been against the bottom teams (Forest, Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield United). The London side have won all six of their previous season's games against newly promoted sides, accounting for nearly 30% of their total wins last season (6/20 games).
Captain Son Heung-min will be Leicester City's most watched player. Son has been involved in 13 goals in 14 Premier League appearances against Leicester (9 goals, 4 assists). Only Southampton have a better record (Driver in 15 goals).
The Korean striker has scored 5 goals and assisted 1 time in the last 3 times against Foxes (Lester City's nickname). James Maddison - a former star at King Power Stadium is also a notable star of Tottenham. Last season, he scored 4 goals and 9 assists.
For Leicester City, they will not have the services of two key strikers, Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka due to injury. Vardy scored 18 goals for the team last season. He also had a great chance to score against Tottenham, with 8 goals in the Premier League. Only Arsenal and Watford have a better record (each of his teams scored 11 goals).
In addition, the 37-year-old striker also had impressive statistics in the opening match of the Premier League. He has scored 7 goals in 8 appearances in round 1 of the tournament. This number is only behind 4 players including Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Mohamed Salah.
Head-to-head record between Leicester City and Tottenham
Leicester beat Tottenham 4-1 in their most recent Premier League meeting in February 2023. However, in the previous 4 meetings, Tottenham have won all 4 of their opponents.
Leicester City vs Tottenham promises to have many goals. In matches between teams that have met less than 30 times in the Premier League, Leicester vs Tottenham has the highest average number of goals per match (3.8 goals/match, 128 goals in 34 matches). In just the last 5 meetings between the two sides, 28 goals have been scored (5.6 goals/match).
Spurs have only failed to score in 1/17 Premier League away games against Leicester. That was in the 3-0 defeat at Filbert Street in September 1997.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Prediction
Spurs are predicted by the supercomputer Opta to have a 49.9% chance of winning. Meanwhile, Leicester City are predicted to have a 26.5% chance of winning 3 points, while the draw rate for this match is 23.6%.
