Notable statistics of Leicester City vs Tottenham match
Tottenham played quite well last season, finishing 5th overall. To realize their ambitions in the new season, "Rooster" recruited striker Dominic Solanke for 64.3 million Euros. Statistics show that Tottenham has met newly promoted teams in the Premier League 6 times, losing only 1 match to Sunderland in 2007.
Leicester City won the Championship last season. In the opening 9 matches of the new season at home, the "Foxes" were undefeated with 6 wins and 3 draws. However, Leicester lost half of their matches when playing on Monday (21/42 matches).
Having parted ways with coach Enzo Maresca and star Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - both going to Chelsea, Leicester City desperately needs a smooth start. In addition, they are also at risk of having points deducted for violating the Premier League's financial regulations, so having points in the opening match becomes even more important.
Tottenham's last 4 wins in the 2023-2024 season were all against teams ranked bottom of the table (Forest, Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield United). The London team won all 6 matches last season when meeting newly promoted teams, accounting for nearly 30% of their total wins last season (6/20 matches).
Captain Son Heung-min will be the player that Leicester City pays the most attention to. Son has been involved in 13 goals in 14 Premier League appearances against Leicester (9 goals, 4 assists). Only Southampton is the team where Son Heung-min has a better record (directly involved in 15 goals).
The Korean striker has scored 5 goals and assisted 1 time in the last 3 times against Foxes (Leicester City's nickname). James Maddison - former star at King Power Stadium is also a notable star of Tottenham. Last season, he scored 4 goals and 9 assists.
As 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 is also very lucky to score against Tottenham, with 8 goals in the Premier League. Only Arsenal and Watford have Vardy with a better record (he scored 11 goals for each team).
In addition, the 37-year-old striker also had impressive statistics in his debut match in the Premier League. He scored 7 goals in 8 appearances in round 1 of the tournament. This number is only less than 4 players including Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Mohamed Salah.
Head-to-head results between Leicester City and Tottenham
Leicester defeated Tottenham 4-1 in their last encounter in the Premier League in February 2023. However, in four more previous meetings, Tottenham all won against their opponents.
The Leicester City vs Tottenham match promises to have many goals. In matches between teams that have met at least 30 times in the Premier League, the Leicester vs Tottenham match has the highest average number of goals per match (3.8 goals/match, 128 goals in 34 matches). In the last 5 meetings between the two sides alone, 28 goals were scored (5.6 goals/match).
Spurs have only failed to score in 1/17 Premier League away matches against Leicester. That was in the 0-3 loss at Filbert Street in September 1997.
Predict Leicester City vs Tottenham
Spurs are predicted by supercomputer Opta to have a 49.9% chance of winning. Meanwhile, Leicester City is predicted to have a 26.5% chance of winning 3 points, while the draw rate in this match is 23.6%.
