West Ham vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th February 2025

West Ham and Leicester will be desperate for points on Thursday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?

Sitting bottom of the table, The Foxes have claimed 17 points after 26 rounds, while The Irons have amassed 30 points. This places the latter as number 16 in the Premier League at the moment.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Thursday as both West Ham and Leicester are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

West Ham have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 18 goals, or 1.8 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Leicester are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net four times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.4 goals a game in which they conceded 25 times, an average of 2.5 per game. They managed zero clean sheets in these.

Leicester got the better of West Ham in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively.

West Ham vs Leicester Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 2-1 by Chelsea and 0-1 against Brentford. They turned the table by winning 0-1 against Arsenal. West Ham managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded 12 goals.

Leicester Form

Leicester were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 2-1 by Manchester United. Next up, Arsenal won 0-2, before losing 0-4 against Brentford. Leicester claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew zero and were defeated five times, as they were outscored by 18 goals to five.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between West Ham and Leicester.

West Ham won 12 points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won four, scored ten and let in six goals. Leicester earned two wins and seven points from their past five matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored seven and allowed ten goals against on their way. West Ham claimed eight wins, six draws as well as 12 defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester enjoy a record of four wins, five draws and 17 defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Leicester Squads

West Ham Squad

Potter will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Leicester from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alphonse Areola (0/15), Lukasz Fabianski (0/13), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/11), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (2/25), Emerson (2/23), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/16), Kaelan Casey (0/0), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/22), Max Kilman (0/26), Vladimir Coufal (0/15), Andy Irving (0/9), Carlos Soler (1/21), Crysencio Summerville (1/19), Edson Alvarez (0/21), Guido Rodriguez (0/19), James Ward-Prowse (0/12), Lucas Paqueta (4/23), Luis Guilherme (0/7), Mohammed Kudus (3/21), Oliver Scarles (0/8), Tomas Soucek (5/24), Danny Ings (1/14), Evan Ferguson (1/15), Jarrod Bowen (7/22), Lewis Orford (0/0), Michail Antonio (1/14), Niclas Fuellkrug (2/9).

Leicester Squad

Here is the full team squad of Leicester. The 48 year-old Ruud van Nistelrooy will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/6), Mads Hermansen (0/19), Conor Coady (0/11), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (2/24), Jannik Vestergaard (0/17), Luke Thomas (0/2), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/16), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/23), Wout Faes (1/23), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (2/21), Boubakary Soumare (0/19), Facundo Buonanotte (4/22), Harry Winks (0/19), Kasey McAteer (0/11), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/16), Wilfred Ndidi (0/17), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/18), Jamie Vardy (7/24), Jordan Ayew (4/24), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/13), Stephy Mavididi (3/24).

West Ham vs Leicester Team News

West Ham just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Leicester at London Stadium. There is no need for Edson Alvarez to show up in the West Ham dressing room, as he is suspended.

Leicester have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting West Ham at London Stadium.

Abdul Fatawu won't be travelling with Leicester this time, as he nurses an injury.

West Ham vs Leicester Lineups

West Ham vs Leicester H2H

Leicester got the better of West Ham in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively. All in all, Leicester have a fine reading on West Ham in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Leicester to win this match at best price odds of 15/4.

West Ham vs Leicester Results

It seems highly likely we are in for a seriously entertaining match between West Ham and Leicester. The previous ten matches have been joyous affairs as over 2.5 goals came out no less than nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 8/13 at the bookmakers.

West Ham vs Leicester Betting Tips

Jarrod Bowen has been great for West Ham lately, hitting the target two times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Leicester are optimistic that Jamie Vardy doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.

West Ham claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. Leicester won one of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost eight of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for West Ham on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Leicester in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. West Ham managed an average of 1.8 goals, while Leicester averaged two goals a game. West Ham saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Leicester, who scored one time on average in these matches.