Leicester turn attention to replacing Arsenal in big six
On the 28th February, Leicester City shall host the resurgent Arsenal FC at the King Power stadium. We explore how the Foxes can take the big six spot.
After a rather satisfying win in the Midlands derby against Aston Villa – one I predicted luckily – painting the Midlands blue once more, Leicester City must face a reinvigorated Arsenal FC at home. This has all the signs of an entertaining spectacle.
Just for a little bit of banter, I should note that in the last four meetings between the King Power side and the ‘Gunners’ we have seen three wins for the Foxes and one draw. If ‘football heritage’ has anything to say about what is going to happen, Leicester should not lose.
The last meeting was a 0-1 win at the Emirates, so let’s set the net points against this ‘phoney’ big six club to six and finally banish the Gunners from the big six and replace them. This article will explain how the Foxes can do just that!
Leicester City: home form revival?
It is probably best not to mention the East Midlands last match at home: the Slavia Prague loss. Too much here, so I’ll link some articles to help everyone understand why Leicester lost on the day (Myself, Reilly, and Alderman).
If the reader has listened to any commentary on Leicester City recently, they will have inevitably heard – for the one thousandth time – that the Foxes home form is shaky, and that their away form is flying. It does not matter what the actual form is, because many commentators do not seem to actually bother researching ‘the invisibles’ (Leicester of course).
The reality is this (Credit to Understat for stats). The East Midlands outfit’s form at home at the start of the season was rather pale. Lacklustre and lethargic performances slowing the King Power train from steamrolling the early league. Away though, they were ‘blitzkrieging’ their opposition.
However, Leicester sit sixth if points only gained at home are considered. With six wins, one draw, and five losses. The last five home matches were three wins, one loss, and one draw. With wins coming against Liverpool FC, Chelsea, and Southampton.
Do not let the commentators fool you. The Foxes have been just fine at home in recent weeks, and is not letting their away performances down any longer.
Arsenal’s away form is more interesting. They sit twelfth if only points gained away are considered, with five wins, one draw, and six losses – the literal opposite of Leicester’s home form. In their last five matches away, they have two losses and three wins. Two of those wins coming against relegation fodder, their losses coming against top half rivals.