Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur: Opening match stats

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Leicester and Tottenham will open their Premier League campaigns with a meeting at King Power Stadium at 20:00 BST on Monday, 19 August.

In the most recent Premier League match between the two sides, Leicester won in February 2023 and they last won consecutive league games against Spurs in October 1999 [a run of three].

Of all Premier League fixtures to have been played at least 30 times, Leicester v Tottenham has the highest goals-per-game average of 3.8 [128 goals in 34 games]. In the past five meetings alone, there have been 28 goals at an average of 5.6 per game.

The Foxes are unbeaten on the past nine occasions they have started their league campaign with a home game (W6 D3). However, the past three times they have lost, they have been relegated at the end of the campaign - 3-1 v Newcastle in 1994-95 (Premier League), 5-0 v Bolton in 2001-02 (Premier League) and 1-0 v Blackpool in 2007-08 (Championship).

This is the seventh time Spurs are starting their Premier League campaign against a promoted side. They have won five of the previous six, losing the other 1-0 against Sunderland in 2007-08.

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