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Liverpoolvs.Leicester

sportsmole.co.uk, 24 December 2024, 12:00
On a seemingly unstoppable surge towards Premier League title number two, Liverpool return from their brief Christmas hiatus on Boxing Day, hosting Leicester City in the 8pm kickoff.

Arne Slot's men re-established an unassailable lead at the top of the Premier League table on Sunday evening, pulling off a stunning 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur to move four points clear of Chelsea with a game in hand.

However, Ruud van Nistelrooy's Foxes were torn to shreds by Vitor Pereira's Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend, falling to a 3-0 home loss as their lead over the relegation zone was reduced to just two points.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 122

Liverpool wins: 56

Draws: 25

Leicester wins: 41

First meeting in the Second Division all the way back in 1895, Liverpool and Leicester City are now frequent foes in the Premier League and have crossed paths on 122 occasions in competitive matches.

Despite the current gulf in stature between the two clubs, the Reds only have 15 more wins than the 2015-16 Premier League champions in this fixture - 56 to 41 - while 25 stalemates have been played out over the years.

The more recent bragging rights have unsurprisingly belonged to Liverpool, though, as they are on a four-game winning streak against Leicester, whose last positive result in this head-to-head was a 1-0 home triumph in December 2021.

The Reds have since prevailed by an aggregate scoreline of 10-2 in their last four battles, three Premier League successes and a 3-1 triumph in the 2023-24 EFL Cup third round, Jurgen Klopp's last taste of football against the Foxes.

Defeating Leicester in the EFL Cup appears to be a good omen for Liverpool, who went on to win the 2023-24 edition after eliminating the Foxes and also took home the 2021-22 crown after seeing them off on penalties after a 3-3 spectacular.

While Leicester have got one over Liverpool a couple of times at the King Power Stadium, Anfield is not a happy hunting ground for the Foxes, who have failed to win any of their last 14 matches away to the Reds, losing each of their last six.

Leicester's most recent success on Liverpool's patch came all the way back in May 2000, when Tony Cottee and Phil Gilchrist made the net bulge in a 2-0 win, also the last time that the Foxes stopped the current league leaders from scoring at Anfield.

A perennial enemy of Big Six clubs, Leicester legend Jamie Vardy tops the individual goalscoring charts in this fixture with 10 strikes against Liverpool, just one more than Ian Rush's nine versus the Foxes.

Last 20 meetings

Sep 27, 2023: Liverpool 3-1 Leicester (EFL Cup Third Round)

May 15, 2023: Leicester 0-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 30, 2022: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Feb 10, 2022: Liverpool 2-0 Leicester (Premier League)

Dec 28, 2021: Leicester 1-0 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 22, 2021: Liverpool 3-3 Leicester (EFL Cup Quarter-Finals)

Feb 13, 2021: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Nov 22, 2020: Liverpool 3-0 Leicester (Premier League)

Dec 26, 2019: Leicester 0-4 Liverpool (Premier League)

Oct 05, 2019: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Jan 30, 2019: Liverpool 1-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Sep 01, 2018: Leicester 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 30, 2017: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Sep 23, 2017: Leicester 2-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Sep 19, 2017: Leicester 2-0 Liverpool (EFL Cup Third Round)

Feb 27, 2017: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Sep 10, 2016: Liverpool 4-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Feb 02, 2016: Leicester 2-0 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 26, 2015: Liverpool 1-0 Leicester (Premier League)

Jan 01, 2015: Liverpool 2-2 Leicester (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings

May 15, 2023: Leicester 0-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 30, 2022: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Feb 10, 2022: Liverpool 2-0 Leicester (Premier League)

Dec 28, 2021: Leicester 1-0 Liverpool (Premier League)

Feb 13, 2021: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Nov 22, 2020: Liverpool 3-0 Leicester (Premier League)

Dec 26, 2019: Leicester 0-4 Liverpool (Premier League)

Oct 05, 2019: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Jan 30, 2019: Liverpool 1-1 Leicester (Premier League)

Sep 01, 2018: Leicester 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

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