England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Leicester City, taking place on Monday, 18 December 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their away outing against Cardiff City. In that game they had 44% possession and managed 11 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Cardiff City who had 10 attempts and 3 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 10 and seen valuable points lost. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
With 3 defeats and just 2 wins from their last 6 outings, this cannot be regarded as a good run of form.
Leicester City, Recent FormLast time out, Leicester City left content aftera 3-2 home win against Millwall Their share of possession in that meeting was 78%, while racking up 15 shots along the way, 6 of which were on target. Millwall had 11 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Manager Enzo Maresca will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 9 of their 10 away games this season.
They have had a strong run of away form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games on the road and picking up 4 wins along the way.
On an individual basis, Kelechi Ịheanachọ is giving Leicester City's travelling fans plenty to shout about having scored 3 goals in the squad's last 6 away games in the league.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 1-2 win for Leicester City.
Goals should be on the cards for Birmingham in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against The Foxes in their last 8 meetings together.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams, Leicester has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Birmingham in 5 games.
Jamie Vardy has scored in each of Leicester's last 0 league games against Birmingham.
Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Alfie Chang (Knee), Cody Drameh (Knock), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Groin) and Tyler Roberts (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
There is only really one injury concern for the Leicester manager Enzo Maresca ahead of this clash, with Callum Doyle (Knee) missing out, which gives Maresca a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Birmingham City Playing at home | Leicester City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 2.1 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 34' |
| 43' | Time first goal conceded | 52' |
| 1.9 | Yellow cards | 2.7 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
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