A very interesting Leicester City statistic emerged before the visit to The Hawthorns where LCFC will contest West Bromwich Albion in the Championship. The Foxes have, in fact, not been defeated at the Midlands stadium since 2010. That's, obviously, a glorious 15 year run that Marti Cifuentes' men will be looking to extend for at least another year.
Although, the Catalan's record against the Baggies with former side Queens Park Rangers is pretty awful, it has to be said. Cifuentes has never beaten WBA, in spite of attempting to do so on three separate occasions. He drew one and lost two when facing West Brom with QPR. Oh dear. That is not a good omen! Though the Foxes Never Quit motto might potentially come into play here.
Meanwhile captain, defender and all-round likeable footballer Ricardo Pereira is standing out for a notable reason. The Portugal international is, actually, only second to one player in a dramatically important area. All will be explained forthwith.
And, lastly, we briefly examine and consequently discuss another LCFC-related topic. Has a starlet belonging to the East Midlands team seemingly lost his place in the starting XI since being injured and signings transpiring? Let's see.
Ricardo Pereira stands out
According to Football League World, Wrexham striker Josh Windass is the division's goals-per-game leader. His average is said to be 1.53-per-90.
"What is perhaps more surprising is the man hot on his heels in that particular metric: not a fellow no.9 or a tricky winger, but experienced Leicester City full-back Ricardo Pereira."FLW
However, City's skipper's couple of goals in 139 minutes puts him second to Windass. Ricky P, eh? What a legend!
Starlet loses place in XI?
I think midfielder Louis Page has dropped down the pecking order somewhat. And Leicester Mercury appear to agree:
"Louis Page looks set to miss out on a place in Leicester City’s squad at West Brom after representing the Under-21s in their defeat to Valencia. The 17-year-old midfielder has not made the bench for City’s last two matches, against Oxford and Coventry, despite starting the two games prior to that."
Foxes actually Never Quit
If West Brom do consider themselves likely to be victorious against the Foxes, they will have to concentrate for the entire 90. That's because LCFC are the most potent C'ship outfit late on. Maybe we really do never stop!:
"The motto at the club is ‘Foxes never quit’ and their record this season has proven that is true.EFL Analysis
According to the BBC Sport stats pack, no side has won more points from losing positions (four) than Leicester."