At A Glance
Aston Villa will be looking to continue their fine form when they step out at King Power Stadium to play Leicester City on Tuesday night.
Four wins and a draw in their last five Premier League matches has seen Unai Emery’s team rise to ninth in the table.
A 2-0 success at Chelsea on Saturday was a continuation of the side’s transformation away from home since the Spaniard’s arrival, and Villa now own the seventh-best away record in the top flight.
Leicester are on the lookout for a new manager after parting company with Brendan Rodgers in the wake of a 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace on the weekend.
The Foxes have lost five of their last six league matches and come into the game stuck inside the relegation zone.
Scoring goals hasn’t been a problem for City (39), but keeping them out has proved an issue, with Leicester conceding the third-highest number of goals (49) this season.
Standout Stats
Leicester are looking to complete just their third Premier League double over Aston Villa, having done so in 1996-97 and 2019-20.
Aston Villa have won just two of their 13 Premier League away games against Leicester City - a 5-0 triumph in January 2004 and a 1-0 victory in October 2020.
Leicester have failed to score in the last two home Premier League meetings - they have only failed to score in three such successive matches against Manchester United and Manchester City.
Aston Villa have won nine of their 15 games under Unai Emery - only Arsenal, with 12, and Manchester City, with 10, have won more often since Unai Emery's appointment.
Leicester have conceded at least once in each of their last 13 Premier League games, the longest current run without a clean sheet of any top-flight team.
Emery has lost his last three Premier League games against Leicester - he's only ever lost more consecutive league fixtures as a manager against Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla.
City remain the only side without a Premier League clean sheet since the World Cup, shipping 24 goals in 13 games.
The Foxes have dropped a league-high 22 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season. It is their second-highest tally after dropping 28 in 2003-04 - when they were relegated from the top flight.
Kelechi Iheanacho has scored seven goals and assisted four in all competitions against Aston Villa - his highest tally of goal involvements against any English side.
Villa have scored in their last 15 Premier League matches - the longest current run of any team.
Ollie Watkins is one of only three players to hit double figures for goals in each of the last three top-flight seasons (14 in 2020-21, 11 in 2021-22 and 10 in 2022-23), along with Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah.
The Last Meeting
Leicester City walked away as 4-2 winners at Villa Park in February after twice coming from behind to take the spoils.
Ollie Watkins put the hosts ahead early on only for James Maddison to level almost immediately.
A Watkins’ strike deflected in off Harry Souttar before the Foxes struck twice in quick succession late on in the first half through Kelechi Iheanacho and Tete.
Leicester added a fourth courtesy of substitute Dennis Praet to seal the win.
Team News
Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho will miss the game through injury.
Robin Olsen was absent for Saturday’s match against Chelsea and there has been no update on whether he will return.
Jonny Evans, Dennis Praet and Youri Tielemans all missed the Foxes’ last outing, with the latter the most likely to be absent again on Tuesday.
Ryan Bertrand and Justin James are working their way back to full fitness.
The Boss
“We are not stopping. We are going to be very demanding to try and get three points, and to do better on Tuesday. It’s going to be a very good game. Leicester are at the bottom now but they’re playing at home. We have to rest and prepare well. We have a new objective now for our last matches in the Premier League and it’s in our hands now.”
Unai Emery
