FootyMAD Leicester City match preview

Last updated : 18 October 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur fixture

Tottenham face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Sunday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. Only 16 defeats have been registered in the 43 games, with 21 ending in victory.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in May 2002, the Foxes carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2001/2002Sat 11 MayLeicester2 - 1TottenhamPREM
2001/2002Sat 09 FebTottenham2 - 1LeicesterPREM
2000/2001Sat 05 MayLeicester4 - 2TottenhamPREM
2000/2001Sat 25 NovTottenham3 - 0LeicesterPREM
1999/2000Wed 19 AprLeicester0 - 1TottenhamPREM
1999/2000Sun 03 OctTottenham2 - 3LeicesterPREM
1998/1999Sat 03 AprTottenham0 - 2LeicesterPREM

Recent respective form guides

Leicester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.

Tottenham have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Spurs have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Leicester are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 5 points from their 8 games thus far. Tottenham find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 8 matches.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Leicester62048116
Tottenham62139107

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Tottenham on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Leicester. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Leicester 4 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Tottenham 4 games since last defeat.