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Leicester City pack their bags to visit West Ham United at Boleyn Ground on Friday 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 34 and win only 12 of the 59 games.
The previous match played between the two at Boleyn Ground was more than three years back, in January 2002, the Hammers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 22 Dec | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 23 Aug | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Leicester City | 1 - 3 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 21 Aug | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 1 | Leicester City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Hammers in those games, with 6 conceded.
Leicester City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Foxes's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
West Ham Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 55 points from their 37 games so far. Leicester City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 43 from their 36 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Hammers, as the Foxes have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Leicester City | Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 6 most recent games. |