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Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Arsenal

Leicester City are back in Premier League action this weekend with Arsenal the visitors at King Power Stadium.

2025-02-13T17:01+00:00

by Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

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13 Feb, 2025

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Arsenal

Leicester City are back in Premier League action this weekend with Arsenal the visitors at King Power Stadium.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-13T17:01+00:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Arsenal

Leicester City are back in Premier League action this weekend with Arsenal the visitors at King Power Stadium.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-13T17:01+00:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Arsenal

Leicester City are back in Premier League action this weekend with Arsenal the visitors at King Power Stadium.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-13T17:01+00:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Arsenal

Leicester City are back in Premier League action this weekend with Arsenal the visitors at King Power Stadium.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-13T17:01+00:00

The Gunners are due in LE2 for a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday and a familiar foe will be waiting for them on Filbert Way, Jamie Vardy.

The Foxes striker has scored more top-flight goals against Arsenal than he has versus any other opponent (11). Only Harry Kane (14) and Wayne Rooney (12) have netted more against the north Londoners in the PL.

The head-to-head form guide, though, doesn't make encouraging reading, with Mikel Arteta's men winning the last six of these encounters. Before that run, meanwhile, we were successful on four out of six meetings.

It promises to be an intriguing match-up between two sides with different targets and, ahead of the game, here's some more stats from yesteryear...

Last league encounter

Arsenal 4 (Martinelli, Trossard, Ndidi (OG), Havertz) Leicester City 2 (Justin 2)
28/09/2024
Premier League

Last FA Cup tie

Leicester City 0 Arsenal 0 (Leicester won 6-5 on penalties)
19/01/2000
Fourth Round Replay

Last League Cup tie

Leicester City 0 Arsenal 2 (Fuchs (OG), Nketiah)
23/09/2020
Third Round

Leading Leicester scorer vs. Arsenal: Jamie Vardy | 11 Leading Arsenal scorer vs. Leicester: Joe Hulme, Cliff Bastin | 11

Viv Anderson and Steve Walsh have each netted for both sides in recent times though not in the conventional way.

The last time

Leicester post-war hat-tricks: None. Arsenal post-war hat-tricks: Dennis Bergkamp, Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, Alexis Sánchez.

David Halliday, later to become City's Manager, rattled in four goals in this fixture in April 1930, only to be dropped from Arsenal's FA Cup Final team a week later. Archie Gardiner also scored his goals in March 1934, just seven days after his four-goal Foxes' debut away to Portsmouth.

Leicester post-war penalties: Arthur Rowley, Colin Appleton, Jackie Sinclair, Frank Worthington, Jamie Vardy (twice). Arsenal post-war penalties: George Eastham, John Barnwell, Alan Ball, Liam Brady, Brian Talbot, Martin Hayes (twice), Ian Wright, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Alexandre Lacazette (twice).

The Foxes also got the upper hand in a dramatic FA Cup shootout in January 2000 when goalkeeper Pegguy Arphexad was the City hero.

Leicester post-war own goals: Peter Rodrigues, Malcolm Manley, Steve Walsh, Frank Sinclair, Steve Guppy, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Wilfred Ndidi. Arsenal post-war own goals: Peter Simpson, Viv Anderson, Andy Linighan, Hector Bellerin, William Saliba.

Andy Linighan's own goal at Filbert Street in 1994 was awarded by the dubious goals panel, who chose to deny Ian Ormondroyd his only ever Premier League strike.

Leicester post-war debutants: Bernie Kelly, Gordon Wills, Len Glover, Lammie Robertson, Paul Ramsey, Tony Cottee, Tim Flowers, Roberto Mancini, Dean Sturridge, James Scowcroft, Robert Huth, Matt Upson, Harry Maguire, Kelechi Iheanacho. Arsenal post-war debutants: David Herd, Jack Wilkinson, Peter Storey, George Graham, John Matthews, Brian Kidd, Graham Rix, Ian Wright, Silvinho, Thierry Henry, Graham Barrett, Edu, Sead Kolašinac, Alexandre Lacazette.

Leicester dismissals: Andy Peake, Darren Eadie, Matt Jones, Dennis Wise, Danny Simpson. Arsenal dismissals: Charlie Nicholas, Patrick Vieira, Ashley Cole, Konstantinos Mavopanos, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Eddie Nketiah.

Last transfer to Leicester: Ignasi Miquel | August 2013 | Loan Last transfer to Arsenal: Alan Smith | March 1987 | Reported £800,000 fee

Played for both: Some players to have represented each side includes George Armstrong, Jeff Blockley, Kevin Campbell, Paul Dickov, Kerrea Gilbert, Mal Griffiths, Colin Hill, Eddie Kelly, Martin Keown, Frank McLintock, Lawrie Madden, Stephy Mavididi, Jon Sammels, Ryan Smith, Stuart Taylor and Matt Upson.

Both David Halliday and Jimmy Bloomfield scored for Arsenal against City and later went on to manage the Foxes.

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