📝Leicester City vs Aston Villa Match Preview & Line-ups

Tonight

Leicester City

and

Aston Villa

are going to lock horn together as Leicester is going to travel to

Villa Park

to meet their rivals in another exciting match in

the Premier League

.

The Foxes

are currently second in the Premier League ranking with 35 points, while

The Lions

are seventeenth with 15 points.

Here is all you need to know about the match in advance:

The teams’ news

What is up with Leicester City?

The Foxes

 have won eight matches in a row to put themselves among three potential

Premier League

champions this season and they hope to continue their fantastic campaign as they face

The Lions

today.

Leicester

have won 12 of their 15 Premier League games this season and now are in the second spot of

the Premier League

table.

They have recently defeated Watford 2-0 on Wednesday after winning over Everton, Brighton, Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Eleven wins, two draws and two defeats; that is how the team has performed this season.

Aston Villa in details

On the other side of the pitch, there are Aston Villa as they are sitting seventeenth in the chart after their most recent loss on Wednesday against Chelsea where they lost the match 2-1. Four wins, three draws and eight defeats; that is how the team have performed so far this season.

Leicester City absentees

The Foxes are going to start their match against The Villas without James as the player is out due to injury. In addition to the team’s midfielder, Leicester may also miss Gray and Chilwell sue to illness and injury.

Aston Villa absentees

On the other side of the pitch, The Villas will also miss some players as Steer and Davis are going to be absent, both due to injuries. El Ghazi is also the team’s doubtful player as he is injured as well.

Teams’ background

Going through history books, these are the facts worth mentioning:

First, you need to know that Aston Villa have lost just one of their last eight home league games against Leicester wit6h 3 wins and 4 draws, going down 0-2 in December 2001.

This is the first meeting between Aston Villa and Leicester since January 2016, and a 1-1 draw at Villa Park in the Premier League. Leicester are unbeaten in three league games against the Villans as they have won two and drew one, having lost each of the three before that.

Aston Villa have won two of their last three home Premier League games with one loss; that is more than they had in their previous 11 in the competition as they won one, drew three and lost seven matches. They are looking for back-to-back top-flight wins at Villa Park for the first time since May 2015.

Leicester have won their last three away league games by an aggregate score of 13-0. Only between October-December of their 2015-16 title-winning season have they won four consecutive away games in the Premier League.

Aston Villa haven’t won any of their last 12 Premier League matches played on Sundays (D3 L9), since beating Leicester 2-1 on 7th December 2014.

Leicester have won their last seven Premier League matches – a win against Aston Villa will achieve their longest ever winning run in the top-flight. The Foxes have only won eight consecutive league games once previously, winning nine in a row between December 2013 and February 2014 in the Championship.

Star facts

It is interesting to know that Aston Villa’s Trézéguet has scored in each of his last three Premier League starts – the last player to score in four in a row for the club in the top-flight was Christian Benteke in April 2013.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has won all four of his Premier League away games against Aston Villa at Villa Park. Only three managers have a higher 100% win rate away at a specific ground in the competition: Arsène Wenger at KCOM Stadium, Gerry Francis at Highfield Road and Jürgen Klopp at Selhurst Park as they have all won five matches out of five.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored in his last seven Premier League appearances – the last player to score in eight in a row was Vardy himself, during his record 11-game run between August and November 2015.

Including play-offs, Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last 14 league appearances at Villa Park with 4 goals and 7 assists, registering an assist in each of his last two home appearances.

Possible lineups

Leicester City:

Schmeichel, Ricardo, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Ndidi, Barnes, Maddison, Tielemans, Perez, Vardy.

Aston Villa

: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Luiz, Hourihane, El Ghazi, Wesley, Grealish.

Leicester City Key men

Jamie Vardy

The team’s 32-year-old striker is the reason the team is in the top five right now. It is interesting to know that this season he has scored 14 goals and provided three assists for the team.

James Maddison

The team’s other key player is James Maddison as the 23-year-old midfielder has scored five goals and provided two assists for the team this season.

Aston Villa Key men

Wesley Moraes

Wesley is Aston Villa 23-year-old center-forward who has scored four goals and provided one assist for his team this season.

Tyrone Mings

The 26-year-old center who also plays in the England national team has scored one goal and provided one assist so far this season.

Match info

Date:

Sunday, 08 December

​Time: 

15:00 CET

Venue:

Villa Park

​Referee:

Michael Oliver

Now the question is which team will be the winner of the match? Leave your comment in the comment section.