West Ham United and Leicester City meet at Olympic Stadium, in a match for the 35th round of the Premier League. The two teams tied (1-1), on 27-10-2018, in the previous match for this edition of the league. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 8 matches won 3, tied 4 and lost 1. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and outside.
West Ham United:
The home team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 42 points won, after 12 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Chelsea, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Manchester United, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 13 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 24 suffered. For the league, West Ham United won 20 points out of 30 possible points, after 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 34 matches in this competition, he only got 3 comebacks in the 20 games in which he suffered the first goal.
West Ham United is going through a very irregular phase of the season and currently has three consecutive games without a win, being that on the last day they lost on Manchester United, by 2-1: the only goal of the team was scored by Felipe Anderson . One of the strongest points of West Ham is in the most offensive sector, especially in the counterattacks: Lanzini is the great responsible for this type of transition, being a very fast and eximious player in the transport of the ball towards the attack. On an individual level we highlight the quality of Felipe Anderson, this being the best score, with 9 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Nasri, Carroll, Yarmolenko and Reid, all injured.
Leicester City:
The away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 47 points won, after 14 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Huddersfield Town, by (1-4). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Newcastle United, by (0-1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 21 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 15 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 10 away league matches Leicester City has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (6 out of 17 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 34 matches in this competition, he only managed 3 comebacks in the 21 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 17 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 10 of their 25 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Leicester leaves for this party with a defeat, by 0-1, in the reception to the Newcastle, placing a final point to an excellent sequence of four successive triumphs in the English championship. The foreign team has competition in the offensive sector and, in addition, the defensive line has acted with great quality: Morgan is the patron of the visiting defense. It is also inevitable to highlight Ricardo Pereira, who is responsible for making the entire right flank. The Englishman Jamie Vardy is the best marker of Leicester, with 15 goals scored in the championship. For this day coach Brendan Rodgers can count on all his players.
