Sunday, 4 January 2015

Match Preview: Leicester City v Aston Villa

Who are we playing?
Leicester City on Saturday 10th January at 3pm

Where are we playing?
King Power Stadium Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL

Can I go?
Allocation: 3,335 Tickets Sold Out

Easy to get to?
Always found the train the best option. It's a fair yomp to the ground, but do-able. Policing can be a bit heavy handed though and if you're not careful you'll end up being kettled by Leicestershire's finest.

Can I watch it on telly?
Saturday 3 o'clocker so dodgy web streams and pubs with overseas satellite systems are your best bet.

Big game?
Huge.

Leicester's early doors promise quickly faded away and they find themselves propping up the rest, but they have been signs of late they are starting to play a bit again and were unlucky not to get a win at Anfield.

Villa meanwhile continue to be horrible to watch, content to pass the ball about while rarely venturing over the halfway line.

There is a bewildering lack of movement and creativity and Paul Lambert must be watching every game through rose tinted spectacles as his post match press conferences show just how deluded his really is.

It's absolutely vital that we take three points here because if we can't beat Leicester we are BANG in trouble.

Do Leicester have any famous fans?
Well there's ATV Sport's Gary Newbon of "Gary Newbon. What a wanker! What a wanker" fame, jug-earred goal hanger Gary Lineker and the bloke that played Greengrass in Heartbeat.

We've got heir to the throne the Duke of Cambridge.

So we win.

Who's playing for us?
The usual useless uninspiring and unspired suspects, but Lambert lacks the imagination to take a risk when what he's doing has taken all the joy out of watching Aston Villa.

Who's playing for them?
Ulloa has been in and out of the team of late, but we reckon he's found his scoring boots again and is a major danger.

Any useless stats?
Of course, here you go:
  • Leicester City have beaten us 39 times while we have 32 wins. There have been 23 draws
  • Our last win away at the then Walkers Stadium came in 2006 as we we ran out 3-2 winners in a League Cup tie. Gabby Agbonlahor scored the winner right at the end of extra time.
  • Our last Premier League meeting at their place in 2004 saw us demolish them with five second half goals. Darius Vassell and Peter Crouch scored two each while Dion Dublin also found the net.

Prediction
Going for a 1-0 win for Leicester

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