Arsenal are ready to welcome Leicester City to Highbury on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Gunners are clearly on top, winning 38 and drawing 20 of the 64 games played.
The previous match played between the two at Highbury was within the last three years, in August 2001, as they swept to an impressive 4-0 win in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
2001/2002 | Wed 23 Jan | Leicester City | 1 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Arsenal | 4-0 | Leicester City | PREM |
2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Arsenal | 6 - 1 | Leicester City | PREM |
1999/2000 | Wed 19 Jan | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | FAC |
1999/2000 | Sun 09 Jan | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Gunners, with 6 goals against.
Leicester City have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Foxes's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 87 points from the 37 games played. Leicester City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 33 points from their 37 games thus far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Gunners being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
Leicester City | Not won in previous 4 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |