In a weekend match in week 7, on Sat Sep 10th, Leicester City hosts Aston Villa at King Power Stadium in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Leicester City recorded a 2-5 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Kelechi Iheanacho struck first for Leicester City in the 1st minute on a feed from Patson Daka, but Luke Thomas got the equalizer for Brighton & Hove Albion on an own goal in the 10th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 64th minute on a goal by Leandro Trossard to cap off a wild match. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Erling Braut Håland scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 50th minute, then Leon Bailey tied it up for Aston Villa in the 74th minute on a feed from Jacob Ramsey squeezing out at least the one point for Aston Villa. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Leicester City and Aston Villa last played eachother at the Villa Park on Tuesday Jan 28th. Aston Villa was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 39000 spectators. Matt Targett scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 12th minute, then in the 72nd minute, Harvey Barnes sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
Aston Villa is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Emiliano Buendía and Danny Ings each only have 1 goal in their last five. James Maddison has been the most prolific scorer on Leicester City in the last 5 matches with two goals
Brendan Rodgers’s squad will be without Ryan Bertrand, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira and Daniel Amartey, while Aston Villa will be without Diego Carlos.