Leicester Vs Southampton
Foxes and Saints
Leicester entertain the crowds at home for the third time this season (League Games), hopefully it will be a case of third time lucky. Southampton arrive following an impressive start to their League campaign. Leicester on the other hand are looking for their first home win.
This will be the 77th time (All competitions) the teams have competed against each other, and the first time since March 2008. The 2007/2008 season witnessed three encounters between the clubs, two league matches and one FA Cup match. Southampton won all three. Leicester’s last victory over Southampton was 14 October 2006. Leicester won in front of a home crowd 3-2. Iain Hume (35, 62) and Richard Stearman (65) with goals, Leicester’s highest goal scorer against Southampton is a Mr Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey with a total of 4 goals.
The first encounter between the two clubs was Saturday 29th January 1898, it was an FA cup match at the Saints ground. They won 2-1 on that day. The first time we hosted the Saints was again in an FA Cup match, it was Saturday 14th January 1911, and The Foxes won that game 3-1.
The Foxes are leading the way with victories when playing at home. Saturday will be the 40th time we have hosted Southampton in all competitions. Of the previous 39 home encounters Leicester are leading the way, they have won 19 times, drawn on 9 and lost 11 times.
71 goals have been scored by the Foxes when hosting the Saints, averaging 1.82 goals a game. Southampton has only managed 1.33 goals per game when they visit.
The highest aggregate score was 8, Southampton 4 – 4 Leicester City this was 14th January 1967
The highest Leicester score was 5, Southampton 1 – 5 Leicester City this was 14th October 1967
The highest Southampton score was 6, Southampton 6 – 0 Leicester City this was 23rd October 1948
Head to Head stats all competitions:
League – Leicester wins = 17 Southampton wins = 27, Draws = 24
FA Cup – Leicester wins = 3 Southampton wins =3, Draws = 1
League Cup – Leicester wins = 1, Southampton wins = 0, Draws = 0
Richard Tullis
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