Opta Stats: Leicester v Norwich

Dan Fitch
12 December 2019

Will Brendan Rodgers be celebrating after Leicester's match with Norwich?

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High-flying Leicester take on a Norwich side in the relegation zone. Opta presents the statistical analysis.

"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 are 1.784/5 to win half-time/full-time.

Leicester have won their last three Premier League meetings with Norwich, with those matches coming in April 1995 and the 2015-16 campaign. The Foxes are 1.261/4 to win.

Norwich have won three of their last five away league games against Leicester (L2). A Norwich win is 15.014/1.

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 are 2.245/4 to win to nil.

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. A Leicester win and over 2.5 goals is 1.625/8.

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 are 1.784/5 to win half-time/full-time.

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). Under 2.5 goals is 3.02/1.

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). Vardy is 1.51/2 to score.

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). Vardy is 3.412/5 to score the first goal.

Kelechi Iheanacho has scored in all four of his appearances for Leicester in all competitions this season (4 goals), having scored just twice in 35 matches last season. The Nigerian is looking to score in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time. Iheanacho is 2.26/5 to find the net.

Norwich duo Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki have combined for more Premier League goals than any other pairing in the competition this season (5). Pukki is 3.9 to score, with Cantwell at 6.511/2.

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