Aston Villa vs Leicester live: Latest score and updates from Villa Park

Follow all the latest as Remi Garde's men take on the Foxes

Charles Reynolds
Saturday 16 January 2016 13:28 GMT
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Aston Villa's Villa Park
Aston Villa's Villa Park (Getty Images)

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Aston Villa vs Leicester City.

Kick-off: 5.30pm

Preview

Match facts

  • Leicester City came from two goals down to win for only the second time in their Barclays Premier League history in the reverse fixture earlier this season.
  • There have been five red cards in the last seven Premier League meetings between Aston Villa and Leicester.
  • Aston Villa have won only four of the 19 Premier League match ups with Leicester (D8 L7), but they have won three of the last four at Villa Park (W3 L1).
  • The Foxes have kept three clean sheets in a row in the league for the first time since May 2015 - they've never kept four consecutively in the Premier League.
  • Aston Villa are looking to win back-to-back league games for the first time since May 2015, both of which were home games.
  • Leicester have already claimed two more points this season (43) than they throughout the entirety of last season (41).
  • Aston Villa have scored just five first half goals this season, a league low. They've not scored earlier than the 40th minute in a Premier League game since September (against Leicester).
  • Since scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games, Jamie Vardy has managed one goal and six shots on target in seven matches.
  • The lowest points total for a Premier League side after 21 games and still avoid relegation is 12 points set by West Brom in 2004/05; Aston Villa have 11 points.
  • N'Golo Kante has made the most tackles (85) and interceptions (83) in the Premier League so far in 2015-16.

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