Leicester vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd December 2024

West Ham go up against Leicester this coming Tuesday for a Premier League meeting at King Power Stadium.

Leicester are placed 16th with ten points after 13 matches. West Ham occupy a position as 14th in the league on 15 points.

Three points for Leicester could go a long way in their quest to reach the top half of the Premier League table. As difficult task awaits, though, as West Ham won't go down without a fight.

The Foxes go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 22. That amounts to an average of 2.2 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

The Irons managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 19 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.9 goals an average per game.

The Foxes won the last two meetings against West Ham, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score.

Leicester vs West Ham Prediction

Leicester Form

In their last three matches, Leicester lost 3-0 against Manchester United, 1-2 against Chelsea and 4-1 against Brentford. Leicester claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.

West Ham Form

West Ham recorded a diverse set of results in their last three matches. They began with a 0-0 draw with Everton. A 0-2 win against Newcastle followed, before a 2-5 defeat against Arsenal in their most recent match. West Ham claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and seven scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Leicester and West Ham.

Leicester won six points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored seven and let in six goals. West Ham earned two wins and seven points from their past three matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored six and allowed one goals against on their way. Leicester are looking at a record of two wins, four draws and seven defeats in the Premier League this season. West Ham have a record of four wins, three draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs West Ham Squads

Leicester Squad

The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Ruud van Nistelrooy, will select the lineup against West Ham from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/13), Conor Coady (0/2), James Justin (2/12), Jannik Vestergaard (0/5), Luke Thomas (0/1), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/9), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/11), Wout Faes (1/13), Bilal El Khannous (0/8), Boubakary Soumare (0/7), Facundo Buonanotte (4/11), Hamza Choudhury (0/1), Harry Winks (0/11), Kasey McAteer (0/6), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/8), Wilfred Ndidi (0/13), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (0/8), Jamie Vardy (4/12), Jordan Ayew (3/13), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (0/2), Stephy Mavididi (2/12).

West Ham Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Ham. The manager Lopetegui will pick his starting XI against Leicester from these players:

Alphonse Areola (0/8), Lukasz Fabianski (0/6), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/4), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (2/12), Emerson (1/13), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/10), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/10), Max Kilman (0/13), Vladimir Coufal (0/7), Andy Irving (0/5), Carlos Soler (0/10), Crysencio Summerville (1/12), Edson Alvarez (0/9), Guido Rodriguez (0/13), Lucas Paqueta (2/13), Luis Guilherme (0/2), Mohammed Kudus (2/8), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (3/12), Danny Ings (1/7), Jarrod Bowen (3/13), Lewis Orford (0/0), Michail Antonio (1/13), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/3).

Leicester vs West Ham Team News

Leicester vs West Ham Lineups

Leicester vs West Ham H2H

Leicester go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 2-1 the last two times they played The Irons. Leicester go into their upcoming match against West Ham with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-3-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leicester vs West Ham Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Leicester and West Ham. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies this coming Tuesday.

Leicester vs West Ham Betting Tips

Leicester claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. West Ham won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home league matches for Leicester. Both teams also found the back of the net six times in the previous 10 league games away for West Ham.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Leicester and West Ham, with the former on an average of 1.8 goals a game. West Ham scored 1.8 goals per game and both teams scored eight times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Leicester, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for West Ham, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.