Leicester come into this match having only picked up three points in their last 10 Premier League matches with a solitary 2-1 victory over Spurs. This Spurs match was the only time in those 10 that they haven’t conceded two or more goals. This poor run has seen them drop deeper into a four-way relegation scrap on 17 points. They are level on points with Ipswich, two points behind Wolves but eight points ahead of Southampton. Leicester seemed like they were going to hold on to a 0-0 draw against Arsenal until Mikel Merino came into the game and the spark of Ethan Nwaneri was too much for them to withstand.
Brentford travel to Leicester having won their last three away matches, their only away wins of the season in the Premier League. In two of these they have kept a clean sheet. In 11th place Brentford could make a push for European football with a strong run in their final 13. They are only 10 points behind fourth and five points behind eighth. In their last trip to West Ham, they scored early to take a lead and managed to withstand a second-half barrage, where the Hammers attempted 10 shots, but could only force Mark Flekken into two saves.
Head-to-head record: last seven matches
Brentford 4-1 Leicester
Brentford 1-1 Leicester
Leicester 2-2 Brentford
Leicester 2-1 Brentford
Brentford 1-2 Leicester
Brentford 1-3 Leicester (FA Cup)
Brentford 0-1 Leicester (FA Cup)
Brentford one win
Two draws
Leicester four wins
Matchup statistics
- Both teams have scored in the last six meetings between the sides. The last clean sheet in this fixture came in 2020 when the sides met in the FA Cup fourth round. This came the season before Brentford got promoted through the playoffs.
- Thomas Frank has played Leicester seven times and only won once, that being the meeting between the sides earlier this season.
- Kevin Schade scored a hattrick and an assist in the meeting earlier this season.
- Mathias Jensen has scored and assisted against Leicester, one of only five Premier League sides he has done this against.
- Jamie Vardy has never scored against Brentford in the Premier League. They are the side he has played most without scoring (four times).
Team Statistics
- Leicester have failed to score in any of their last five home games, losing all five. This would be the first time in history Leicester have ever gone six league games at home without a win. It would also be the first time in Premier League history a side has failed to score at home for six games in a row.
- The last time Brentford won four away games in a row was in September 2011 when they were in League One.
- Only Southampton (172) have faced more shots on goal than Brentford (151) this season, however, Leicester have the fewest shots on target in the league with 77.
- Brentford have had the fewest yellow cards in the league this season with 36, nine gewer than the next team which is Man City with 45. Leicester have received the fifth most in the league with 58. Only Man City have conceded fewer fouls in the league than Brentford who average 7.9 per game.
- Leicester are the only side to keep one clean sheet so far this season, Brentford have kept four, three coming in their last four away games.
- Leicester have only scored seven first half goals this season (one in the previous fixture vs Brentford) and have led at halftime less than any other side (3)
Player statistics
- Bryan Mbeumo has failed to score an open play goal in each of his last five Premier League matches, with his only goal coming from the spot against Crystal Palace during that time.
- Bryan Mbeumo (14) and Yoane Wissa (11) have 25 goals between them this season, it also becomes the first time that two players have scored more than 10 goals in a season for Brentford since they joined the Premier League.
- Mikkel Damsgaard has kept eight assists, the most of any season in his career.
- Bryan Mbeumo has seven goals and five assists in his last nine games against the newly promoted sides. Six of these goals have come in four games this season.
- Mark Flekken has made the most saves per game in the Premier League with 4.6.