Week 30 features a match on Sat Apr 8th, where Leicester City hosts AFC Bournemouth at King Power Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 19th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 24th minute, then Harvey Barnes tied it up for Leicester City in the 35th minute on a feed from Wout Faes. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 18th placed AFC Bournemouth, recorded a 0-2 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 27th minute on a feed from Kaoru Mitoma, then Julio Enciso added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Pascal Groß In the end, AFC Bournemouth was frustrated by Brighton & Hove Albion’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brighton & Hove Albion ended the match with the shutout victory. AFC Bournemouth is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
AFC Bournemouth and Leicester City last played eachother at the Vitality Stadium on the 8th of October. AFC Bournemouth was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 10000 jubilant fans. Patson Daka struck first for Leicester City in the 10th minute, then Philip Billing tied it up for AFC Bournemouth in the 68th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 71st minute on a goal by Ryan Christie to cap off a wild match.
AFC Bournemouth’s most prolific scorer has been Philip Billing. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Harvey Barnes has been the most prolific scorer on Leicester City in the last 5 matches with two goals
Brendan Rodgers’s squad will be without Ryan Bertrand, Youri Tielemans, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Harry Souttar and Victor Kristansen, while Junior Stanislas and Ryan Fredericks are unavailable to play for Gary O’Neil’s team.