Fulham vs Leicester City Matchday Stats Preview

Fulham won both Premier League meetings with Leicester the last time the sides met in 2022-23, last winning three consecutive league games against the Foxes between 1966 and 1967.

Leicester lost 5-3 on their last league visit to Craven Cottage in May 2023, with that game producing more goals than their previous six away league games against Fulham combined (7).

Fulham haven’t won their first home match in any of their last five Premier League campaigns (D1 L4), since a 5-0 win against Norwich City in 2012-13.

No side in the top four tiers of English football won more away league games than Leicester City last season (14). The Foxes won each of their first seven away games in the Championship last term, winning the same amount in their final 16 on the road (D3 L6).

Leicester have won just two of their last 15 Premier League away games against London sides (D3 L10), beating Brentford in October 2021 and West Ham in November 2022. They’ve conceded at least twice in each of their 10 defeats in that run.

Fulham lost 1-0 against Manchester United on MD1. The Cottagers have started a season with consecutive defeats in just two of their 17 previous Premier League campaigns (2018-19 and 2020-21).

Leicester manager Steve Cooper has lost six of his seven meetings with Fulham in all competitions, though his one victory did come at Craven Cottage (1-0 in April 2022). He’s lost all three Premier League games against the Cottagers by an aggregate score of 10-2.

Fulham’s Andreas Pereira created more chances than any other Premier League player on MD1 (6). It’s the 19th time on record a Fulham player has created 6+ chances in a Premier League match, with the Brazilian responsible for seven of those.

37-year-old Jamie Vardy became Leicester’s oldest Premier League goalscorer when he netted against Tottenham on MD1. The last player aged 37+ to score in consecutive Premier League appearances was Cristiano Ronaldo (4 in April/May 2022).

No Premier League player won more duels on MD1 than Leicester’s Abdul Fatawu (13), while he also led all Foxes players for successful dribbles (3), possession won (8) and tackles (6).