Leicester City vs West Ham United Preview


Leicester City vs West Ham United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: King Power Stadium

Date: 13th February 2022

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

After their 2-0 humbling at Anfield, Leicester City will look to get back to winning ways when they welcome top-four chasing West Ham United to the King Power Stadium this Sunday.

The Foxes were outclassed by Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side last Thursday in a one-sided game that saw Kasper Schmeichel make a lot of saves to keep the scoreline respectable.

That loss followed a 4-1 loss to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup and extended Leicester City’s winless run in the Premier League to three games (D1, L2).

Brendan Rodgers’ men come into this fixture sitting outside of the top ten (12th position) having taken just four points from the last available 15 in the league.

To understand how much they have fallen, one has to look at last season. By this time last year, they were sitting comfortably in third place and were also within touching distance of the top of the table.

Their aim for this season will now be to finish as close to the European spots as possible. However, with just one clean sheet in their last eight games, they are cannot be backed to keep their opponents at bay in this game.

Meanwhile, West Ham United took advantage of Manchester United’s inconsistency last time out as they beat Watford to move into fourth place.

The Hammers have enjoyed an impressive season so far as they have stayed within the periphery of the top four for most of the season.

They will now travel to King Power Stadium looking to keep their place at the upper end of the table.

The visitors have enjoyed some memorable wins this season, including wins against Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea. They will therefore fancy their chances of winning this game against a struggling Leicester City side.

However, West Ham have lost four of their most recent seven away games (W2, D1) and have conceded a whopping 31 goals this season – only Southampton (36) have conceded more from teams currently in the top ten.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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