Leicester: The Key stats of the season following Villa win

Villa Park back to back wins for first time ever

Following the 4-1 thrashing last season Leicester have now struck victorious two seasons in a row at Villa Park for the first time in their history. This stat does slightly cheat the truth as sandwiched in the middle of these Villa Park wins was a defeat in the League Cup Semi Final in January 2020. Today was a much quieter affair with an all too familiar lockdown restricted audience. The East Midlands players may have been disappointed that they couldn’t enjoy their victory in front of the Aston Villa faithful who were all too keen to rub their noses in that victory 13 months ago during a memorable pitch invasion.

30 from a possible 39 away points

Just read that again, it’s remarkable. Leicester have the same amount of away points this season as Manchester City. When they rock up to any Premier League stadium the opposition should be in fear as their brand of quick attacking football and calm defending has home teams in awe. They have still only been beaten once on the road this season at Anfield which bodes well for the rest of the season with trips to Manchester United and West Ham still to come. If the home form can start to show the same resilience then Leicester could well be a different prospect this season.

8 conceded in 12

Although Leicester’s defence isn’t necessarily water tight, you could argue it is getting better. Since the start of 2021 they have conceded just eight goals and kept seven clean sheets. Kasper Schmeichel was rarely needed today apart from when Bertrand Traore was left unmarked to scramble in an early second half goal. There is potentially the occasional switching off that is still costing them silly goals. But they are affording their opponents very little in the way of clear chances and that is getting results over the line.