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STAT PACK: Lowdown on Leicester City clash

Key numbers and facts ahead of Foxes visit


HEAD-TO-HEAD

Albion and Leicester City have met five times in the Premier League. Both sides have recorded two wins each with the other encounter ending in a draw.

The last four meetings have produced an incredible 17 goals.

The Baggies have scored exactly two goals in each of their last four Premier League games against Leicester City.

This is the 100th league fixture between the two clubs. Albion lead by 46 wins to Leicester's 32, with 21 draws.

The Baggies head into the fixture looking to end a run of four Premier League games without a win, with the champions arriving at The Hawthorns hoping to halt a run of three games without victory.


ALBION

A victory for Tony Pulis’ side would be their 10th at The Hawthorns in the Premier League this season.

The Baggies need six points to set a new club record, 50, in the Premier League.

Salomon Rondon has scored in two of his three Premier League matches against the Foxes. The forward has scored seven Premier League goals in 2016/17.

Both Matty Phillips and Hal Robson-Kanu will miss the game. The pair picked up hamstring injuries in training in the week leading up to the fixture.

Albion will be searching for their first win over Leicester City at The Hawthorns in the Premier League.


LEICESTER CITY

The Foxes have won 3-2 on each of their previous two visits to The Hawthorns.

England striker Jamie Vardy has scored in both of his Premier League appearances at Albion (two goals), while Riyad Mahrez has two goals and two assists in his last three matches against the Baggies.

Leicester have won five of the last seven league meetings at The Hawthorns.

The Foxes have won just one of their last 19 away games in the Premier League, drawing six and losing 12.

Leicester City have taken 16 points out of 24 since Craig Shakespeare took over as manager.