Matter of stats | Leicester vs Spurs - the highest-scoring fixture in PL history!

Historically speaking, we can expect goals, goals and more goals as we count down to the big kick-off against Leicester City in the Premier League this evening (8pm UK).

Indeed, the stats tell us that this is the highest-scoring fixture for goals-per-game in Premier League history...

The numbers

There have been 128 goals in 34 meetings between the teams in the Premier League at an average of 3.8 goals-per-game - the record for teams playing a minimum of 30 times in the competition. Indeed, the last five PL meetings alone have produced 28 goals (Leicester 11, Spurs 17) - at a net-bursting 5.6 goals-per-game!

The history

You can see where these numbers have come from when you consider some of the remarkable matches between the teams in recent years - just think of the 6-1 win at the KP in 2016, the 5-4 win during our time at Wembley and the last time we met the Foxes in N17 - a spectacular 6-2 success when Heung-Min Son stepped off the bench to score a hat-trick in the second half.

Here are the 6+ goal fests between the teams...
22/02/2004 - Spurs 4-4 Leicester
21/03/2015 - Leicester 3-4 Spurs
18/03/2016 - Leicester 1-6 Spurs
13/05/2018 - Spurs 5-4 Leicester
23/05/2021 - Leicester 2-4 Spurs
17/09/2023 - Spurs 6-2 Leicester

Match stats

- We've won 8 of the last 11 Premier League meetings
- There hasn't been a draw in last 13 Premier League meetings since a 1-1 scoreline at White Hart Lane in October, 2016
- None of the last 96 meetings in all competitions have ended 0-0 since a draw in the old Second Division in March, 1948
- New signing Dominic Solanke was the most effective pressing player in the Premier League last term, applying pressure on opponents almost 100 times more than his nearest rival (Martin Odegaard on 1147)
- 31 wins matched Leicester's best-ever total as they clinched the Championship title last season
- Form-wise, in terms of league action, Leicester's form dipped as they closed in on the title - having been 12 points clear in mid-February, the form table had them 14th from mid-February onwards
- Our Academy graduate Harry Winks is set to face us for the first time after joining Leicester last summer - he started 45 of 46 in Foxes' title triumph last term