West Ham United vs Leicester City Predictions

• Leicester have seen BTTS land in 11 of their last 13 away league games.
• West Ham have scored in each of their last nine home games.
• The last three H2H encounters saw BTTS land with 4.7 average goals per-game.
• James Maddison has scored four goals across his last seven Leicester appearances.

An early Christmas present for the neutral

After going out of the EFL Cup to Championship side Blackburn in midweek following a pulsating 2-2 draw and penalties, West Ham have one last chance to get some more points on the board ahead of the impending World Cup break.

Three defeats from the last four Premier League rounds has seen the pressure on David Moyes ramp up somewhat, although with a European knockout phase and a long break to look forward to, there should be ample time to regroup for the second half of the season.

Before any of that, West Ham take on Leicester in what is often a feast of goals, each of the last three games saw BTTS and at least four match goals whilst each of the last seven meetings at least saw goals at both ends.

Expect goals when the Foxes travel

Leicester head into this clash on the back of a resounding 3-0 win in the EFL Cup against lower league opponents.

Whilst this game poses a much greater challenge, their return of five unanswered goals since a narrow loss to Manchester City inspires confidence that Leicester can hold up their end of the bargain.

That mini-run of clean sheets could be set to end here though, with Leicester seeing both teams score in 11 of their last 13 Premier League away games.

Going for goals

Given the decent scoring form of both West Ham at home and Leicester on their travels, we predict that going in the BTTS market could be the way to go in this encounter.

As for the correct score, we’re going for a continuation of the high-scoring H2Hs with a 2-2 prediction, perhaps with England’s World Cup squad member James Maddison netting for the seventh time in league action this season.