Spursvs.Leicester

The South Korea international has not been pulling up trees throughout the entirety of the Premier League season, but he was on target twice in Thursday's 3-2 Europa League triumph over Hoffenheim.

Despite the threat of 17-year-old wonderkid Mikey Moore, Son should reprise his role on the left-hand side when Ange Postecoglou's men host Leicester, statistically one of the 32-year-old's favourite opponents to play.

Ahead of Sunday's top-flight battle, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at Son's record against the 2015-16 Premier League champions, including goals, assists and team performance.

Son Heung-min record vs. Leicester

Played: 17

Won: 9

Drawn: 3

Lost: 5

Goals: 10

Assists: 5

Only missing one game against Leicester City since joining Tottenham Hotspur in 2015, Son Heung-min has now faced off against the Foxes 17 times, and he averages almost one goal contribution per match against them.

Indeed, the South Korea international has had a direct hand in 15 goals from 17 appearances against Leicester, 10 of his own and five assists, while winning nine of those contests and suffering five defeats.

Only against Southampton (13) has Son found the back of the net on more occasions, and five assists against Leicester is also his joint fourth-highest total against one opponent behind the Saints (eight), West Ham United and Everton (six each).

Son's penchant for goals versus Leicester means that the ex-Bayer Leverkusen man is the third-highest documented scorer in games between Tottenham and the Foxes, trailing only Jimmy Greaves (13) and former double act partner Harry Kane (19) in that regard.

The South Korea's Premier League debut against Leicester was a forgettable affair - he played just eight minutes as Spurs lost 1-0 in 2015-16 - but that same season, he scored one and set up another as Tottenham prevailed 2-0 in an FA Cup third-round replay.

During the 2016-17 campaign, he netted two goals of his own and set up one more in a 6-1 slaughter, before also striking in Spurs' pair of successes during the 2018-19 campaign.

More recently, the South Korean notched a terrific hat-trick in a 6-2 thrashing in September 2022, prior to which he scored two and set up Kane in a straightforward 3-1 home victory towards the end of the 2021-22 campaign.

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Ben Knapton