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Leicester City face a trip to Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Foxes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 26 and win only 7 of the 44 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in March 2003, with Leicester City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Clarets in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Burnley | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Leicester City | 0 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 03 Oct | Burnley | 0 - 2 | Leicester City | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 20 Sep | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Burnley | LC |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 14 May | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 11 Dec | Burnley | 2 - 4 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Burnley are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. These low-scoring games have seen just 3 goals scored and conceded.
The Foxes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Foxes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Burnley see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 45 points from their 34 games played so far, Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 41 points from their 34 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burnley | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Foxes could well see them head back from Turf Moor with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burnley | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Leicester City | Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |