Leicester City vs Sheffield United Premier league Match Preview or Key Statistics
🔹This is the first time Leicester are hosting Sheffield United in a league match since November 2010 (2-2 in the Championship), and the first time in a top-flight match since February 1976 (1-1).
🔹Sheffield United haven’t lost both league matches in a season against Leicester since 1928-29 in the top-flight, with this the 38th different campaign they’ve faced them in since then.
🔹Since the start of February, Leicester have won just two of their 11 Premier League games (D5 L4), however both of those victories have come at the King Power Stadium (vs Aston Villa and Crystal Palace).
🔹Having failed to win any of their first three Premier League matches back after the restart (D1 L2), Sheffield United have gone unbeaten in their last four (W3 D1) and will be aiming to pick up three consecutive victories in the competition for the first time since December.
🔹Leicester will be aiming to keep four consecutive home clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since February 2016, in their title winning campaign under Claudio Ranieri (a run of five).
🔹With 54 points from their opening 35 games this season, only four newly promoted sides have won more points than Sheffield United at this stage of Premier League campaign, with Ipswich in 2000-01 the last to do so (62 points).
🔹Thursday remains the only day of the week that Leicester have failed to win a Premier League game (D3 L2), with their last top-flight victory on this day coming back in December 1985 (3-1 versus Aston Villa).
🔹Sheffield United have conceded just five goals from set piece situations in the Premier League this season, the fewest in the division and two less than Liverpool (7).
🔹Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored 23 Premier League goals this season, only netting more in a single campaign in the competition in the Foxes title winning season of 2015-16 (24 goals).
🔹Sheffield United’s David McGoldrick scored his first Premier League goals last time out against Chelsea (his 26th appearance in the competition) – the Republic of Ireland forward will be looking to score in consecutive league games for the first time since January 2019 in the Championship (a run of four).
🔹This is the first time Leicester are hosting Sheffield United in a league match since November 2010 (2-2 in the Championship), and the first time in a top-flight match since February 1976 (1-1).
🔹Sheffield United haven’t lost both league matches in a season against Leicester since 1928-29 in the top-flight, with this the 38th different campaign they’ve faced them in since then.
🔹Since the start of February, Leicester have won just two of their 11 Premier League games (D5 L4), however both of those victories have come at the King Power Stadium (vs Aston Villa and Crystal Palace).
🔹Having failed to win any of their first three Premier League matches back after the restart (D1 L2), Sheffield United have gone unbeaten in their last four (W3 D1) and will be aiming to pick up three consecutive victories in the competition for the first time since December.
🔹Leicester will be aiming to keep four consecutive home clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since February 2016, in their title winning campaign under Claudio Ranieri (a run of five).
🔹With 54 points from their opening 35 games this season, only four newly promoted sides have won more points than Sheffield United at this stage of Premier League campaign, with Ipswich in 2000-01 the last to do so (62 points).
🔹Thursday remains the only day of the week that Leicester have failed to win a Premier League game (D3 L2), with their last top-flight victory on this day coming back in December 1985 (3-1 versus Aston Villa).
🔹Sheffield United have conceded just five goals from set piece situations in the Premier League this season, the fewest in the division and two less than Liverpool (7).
🔹Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored 23 Premier League goals this season, only netting more in a single campaign in the competition in the Foxes title winning season of 2015-16 (24 goals).
🔹Sheffield United’s David McGoldrick scored his first Premier League goals last time out against Chelsea (his 26th appearance in the competition) – the Republic of Ireland forward will be looking to score in consecutive league games for the first time since January 2019 in the Championship (a run of four).
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