Leicester are looking to complete just their third Premier League double over Aston Villa, previously doing so in 1996-97 and 2019-20.
Aston Villa have won just two of their 13 Premier League away games against Leicester City (D5 L6), winning 5-0 in January 2004 and 1-0 in October 2020.
Leicester have failed to score in their last two Premier League home games against Aston Villa – only against Man Utd (2000-2002) and Man City (2020-2021) have they failed to score in three consecutive home games in the competition.
Aston Villa haven't won any of their last five midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D2 L3) since a 3-0 win at Leeds in March 2022.
Leicester have lost five of their last seven Premier League home games (W1 D1), more than they had in their previous 19 at the King Power Stadium (W10 D5 L4).
Leicester have conceded at least once in each of their last 13 Premier League games, the longest current run without a clean sheet in the competition this season. Meanwhile, Aston Villa are on the longest current run of Premier League games without failing to score (15).
Leicester have dropped a league-high 22 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, including a 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace having opened the scoring at the weekend. Only in their last relegation campaign of 2003-04 have the Foxes dropped more in a single season in the competition (28).
Since Unai Emery's first game in charge at Aston Villa, only Arsenal (12) and Manchester City (10) have won more Premier League games than the Villans (9). Their nine wins in 15 games under the Spaniard is as many as they managed in their previous 34 matches in the league beforehand.
With seven goals and four assists in 10 appearances, Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been directly involved in more goals against Aston Villa in all competitions than he has against any other side in English football.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has lost his last three Premier League games against Leicester – he’s only ever lost more consecutive league games as a manager against Barcelona (twice, one run of five defeats & one of four defeats), Real Madrid (five) and Sevilla (six).