Gillingham vs Leicester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2023
Leicester City will go up against Gillingham on Saturday for a FA Cup meeting. Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time Gillingham comes up against Leicester City in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies.
Leicester City are hugely favoured to knock out Gillingham from this competition. The latter will obviously put up a fight this coming Saturday but an away win still seem the most likely scenario.
Gillingham scored 15 goals, conceded 13 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Leicester City head into this match on 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored an acceptable total of 19, while also conceding eight goals. This amounts to 0.8 on average per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring five times.
Gillingham vs Leicester City Prediction
Gillingham Form
Gillingham endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 0-1 against Colchester, before Sutton United won 2-1, while Stevenage claimed all three points in a 1-0 win. Gillingham claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the FA Cup. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored ten and conceded ten goals.
Leicester City Form
Leicester City endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-3 by Newcastle, before Liverpool ran out 2-1 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Fulham, who came out 0-1 winners. In their last six FA Cup away matches, Leicester City won a very acceptable four times. They've also drawn none and lost twice, scoring 11 while also conceding seven times.
Leicester City are on the look-out for a win, and we expect them to claim it in a high scoring match, when they visit Gillingham at MEMS Priestfield on Saturday.
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Gillingham vs Leicester City Stats
- In 11 of the last 13 Gillingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Gillingham have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
- Gillingham have not lost 7 of the last 9 home matches
- Gillingham have conceded in 7 of the last 8 home matches
- In 5 of the last 6 Gillingham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Leicester have scored in the last 15 away matches in a row
- Leicester have won the last 3 away matches in a row without conceding a goal
- In 11 of the last 13 Leicester away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Leicester have won 5 of the last 7 matches without conceding a goal
- In 8 of the last 9 Leicester matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Gillingham vs Leicester City Team News
Leicester City could have up to nine players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atMEMS Priestfield
Leicester City need to do without Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Patson Daka, Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand, who are not fit enough to travel to MEMS Priestfield.
Gillingham vs Leicester City H2H
Having never met before in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is a first for both Gillingham and Leicester City. Any eventual head-to-head stats come from playing each other in the cup or friendlies.
Gillingham vs Leicester City Results
Gillingham vs Leicester City Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the FA Cup, Max Ehmer will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Leicester City hope Kelechi Iheanacho can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of five FA Cup goals in his last six FA Cup games.
Gillingham claimed five wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing three. Leicester City won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew zero and lost five of these matches. Leicester City have been quick to get off the mark in their previous 10 outings, scoring the opening goal an impressive eight times. Their hosts on Saturday scored the first goal of the game in four of their last 10 home games.
Gillingham saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Leicester City's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals in these matches.