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Close and Competitive 90-minutes in this Midlands Derby

Wolverhampton vs Leicester City - 07/02/2021

Close and Competitive 90-minutes in this Midlands Derby
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Both Wolves and Leicester recovered from defeats last weekend to win in midweek. Wolves claimed a 2-1 win over 9-man Arsenal, while the Foxes secured a comfortable 2-0 win away at Fulham.

Leicester remain 16pts clear of Wolves in 3rd spot and Sunday’s hosts remain firmly in the bottom half of the table.

Recent encounters between these two clubs have been very closely fought. Each of the last five meetings between Wolves and Leicester have been decided by a maximum of a 1-goal margin.

Three of the duo’s last five clashes have ended in goalless draws after 90-minutes and Leicester pinched a 1-0 win when the pair last went head-to-head in November. Under 2.5 goals have been produced in six of the last seven meetings between the pair, which points towards Sunday’s game been tight and tense.

Wolverhampton have been inconsistent of late, picking up two wins, one draw and two defeats from their last six matches. Leicester head into this game as the form favourites with four wins, one draw and one defeat from their last six outings.

Both teams have scored in three of Wolves’ and three of Leicester’s last six fixtures, but under 2.5 goals have been produced in three of the home side’s and four of the visitor’s last six games.

The hosts have struggled for goals since losing joint-top scorer Jimenez to a long-term injury and Leicester have been without their top scorer Vardy (11 league goals) since mid-January. Barnes and Maddison have both scored more Premier League goals than any Wolves player this season, which bodes well for the visitors this weekend.

Rayan Ait Nouri, Fernando Marcal, Raul Jimenez, and Jonny have all been ruled out of Sunday's match, but Romain Saiss could return.The visitors wont be able to call upon Praet, Fofana or Castagne this weekend, and there are doubts over Vardy and Ndidi.

Leicester have picked up three wins from their last six encounters with Wolves and certainly have form in their favour this weekend. All of the stats point towards this game being close and competitive throughout, but the Foxes are the bookmaker’s favourites to secure all 3pts.

Leicester have outperformed Wolves in all departments so far this season and remain in the hunt for the Champions League places. Wolves have found the 2020/21 campaign tough, showing just glimpses of the side that finished 7th last season.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
193050
2
1 - 3
2.55
2.31
3.35 3.25 2.31 -1 -1 1
FT
0 - 0(0 - 0)
-
- - -
Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 78 36 23 9 4 43
4
Aston Villa 67 36 20 7 9 20
5
Tottenham 60 35 18 6 11 11
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Chelsea 54 35 15 9 11 11
8
Manchester United 54 35 16 6 13 -3
9
West Ham 49 36 13 10 13 -14
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Brighton 47 35 12 11 12 -4
12
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
13
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
14
Crystal Palace 43 36 11 10 15 -8
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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