Leicester vs Norwich preview
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Friday 13 December 2019 16:34, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Leicester vs Norwich in the Premier League on Saturday.
Team news
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has no fresh injury worries ahead of the visit of Norwich as the Foxes chase a ninth straight league win.
Rodgers is likely to stick with the side which dismantled Aston Villa 4-1 to set a new club record of eight consecutive victories in the Premier League. Matty James (Achilles) remains a long-term absentee for Rodgers' side, but is back in training.
Norwich manager Daniel Farke has no new injury concerns as his struggling side look to avoid a third straight defeat.
Club captain Grant Hanley has returned to training following three months out with a groin problem, and the Scotland defender could be back in contention for the Christmas schedule. Josip Drmic (hamstring) continues his own rehabilitation, along with Timm Klose (knee).
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Opta stats
- Leicester have won their last three Premier League meetings with Norwich, with those matches coming in April 1995 and the 2015-16 campaign.
- Norwich have won three of their last five away league games against Leicester (L2), with all those victories coming in the Championship between 2005 and 2011.
- Leicester have won their last eight Premier League games by an aggregate score of 25-3. Victory for the Foxes here would be the 22nd winning run of 9+ games in Premier League history, with Leicester being the seventh different club to achieve it (Arsenal x3, Chelsea x5, Liverpool x5, Man City x3, Man Utd x4, Tottenham x1).
- Leicester have scored at least twice in each of their last eight Premier League games. Meanwhile, Norwich have conceded at least twice in 13 of their 16 league games this term; more than any other side.
- No side has conceded the first goal in more Premier League games this season than Norwich (10), with the Canaries going on to lose every single one of those. Meanwhile, Leicester have won their last 19 Premier League games when scoring first.
- Leicester have scored 39 Premier League goals this season, but have an xG figure of 29.05 - this is the biggest difference between actual goals and expected goals in the competition this season (9.95).
- Leicester's Jamie Vardy has scored in each of his last eight Premier League games, just three short of his own competition record set in November 2015. The only other occasion of a player scoring in nine consecutive games in the competition was by Ruud van Nistelrooy (10 in a row in August 2003).
- As well as being the Premier League's highest scorer this season (16), Leicester's Jamie Vardy has an impressive shot conversion rate of 39%, netting from 16 of his 41 shots. In a completed Premier League season since 2003-04, the highest conversion rate from a player with at least 10 goals is 33% (Papiss Cisse in 2011-12).
Charlie Nicholas' prediction
This is another difficult one to pitch up for Super 6. Leicester are free-scoring and great defensively, so this is an easy one you would have thought for the home side. If you make it open with Leicester then you will be in trouble - every one of them wants the ball. That's all they do in training. Training used to be about keeping yourself fit but that's how the game has evolved over the years.
They are better to watch than the title-winning side, better going forward and defensively. They have not won anything yet, so that's where the question lies. I think many will go for a high-scoring match with this one and it could easily be five or six, but it's three for me.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-0 (12/1 with Sky Bet)
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