FM Preview: Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers 26 Feb 2013

Last updated : 25 February 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers fixture

Blackburn Rovers travel to take on Leicester City at Filbert Way on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 24 and win only 11 of the 45 games.

The last time the two teams met at Leicester City was back in November 2003, over five years ago, with Leicester City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 25 Aug Blackburn R. 2 - 1 Leicester City Championship
2004/2005 Sun 13 Mar Blackburn R. 1 - 0 Leicester City F.A. Cup
2003/2004 Sat 17 Apr Blackburn R. 1 - 0 Leicester City Premiership
2003/2004 Sun 02 Nov Leicester City 2-0 Blackburn R. Premiership
2001/2002 Sat 30 Mar Leicester City 2 - 1 Blackburn R. Premiership
2001/2002 Mon 29 Oct Blackburn R. 0 - 0 Leicester City Premiership
1998/1999 Mon 28 Dec Leicester City 1 - 1 Blackburn R. Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

Leicester City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Foxes, with 6 goals against.

The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Rovers, and 3 goals against.

Leicester City's total of 54 points from their 32 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in npower Championship.

Blackburn Rovers's 45 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Leicester City 6 1 2 3 6 8 5
Blackburn Rovers 6 3 2 1 5 3 11

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Rovers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Leicester City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Leicester City Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Blackburn Rovers No win in the 2 most recent games.

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