Everton vs Leicester City Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Everton have won their last two Premier League games against Leicester, with the Toffees looking to win three league games in a row against the Foxes for the first time since a run of four between 1977 and 1980.
Leicester City have won only two of their 14 away Premier League games against Everton (D7 L5), losing 2-1 last season.
Everton are looking to complete a league double over Leicester for only the second time in the last 15 seasons the sides have met, achieving it in 2016/17 when the Foxes were the reigning champions.
Having scored 14 goals in their first five Premier League games this season (2.8 per game), Everton have netted the same amount in their subsequent 12 (1.2 per game). However, the Toffees have improved defensively, conceding 16 goals in their first nine league games this season (1.8 per game), compared to five in their last eight (0.6 per game).
Leicester have won seven of their nine away Premier League games this season (D1 L1) – in only two top-flight seasons have the Foxes won more: 1965/66 (9, finished 7th) and 2015/16 (11, finished 1st).
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has won 52.2% of his Premier League matches as Foxes boss (P67 W35 D12 L20), the best ratio of any permanent Foxes manager in their top-flight history.
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has lost three home league games this season – the Italian has only four at home in a season twice previously as a manager, doing so in both in 2006/07 and 2007/08 as AC Milan boss.
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has been directly involved in eight goals in 11 Premier League games against Everton (6 goals, 2 assists), though he has managed no goals and just one shot on target in his last two games against the Toffees.
Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has failed to score in any of his last five Premier League games, having led the goalscoring chart following 11 goals in his first 11 appearances this season.
Leicester’s James Maddison has been directly involved in seven goals in his last eight Premier League appearances (5 goals, 2 assists), one more than in his previous 33 games. Maddison has scored in his last three games and could be only the second Foxes player to score in four in a row, after Jamie Vardy who has done so on four previous occasions.
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