On Feb 28th, Leicester City will host Arsenal in a Premier League match. 3rd placed Leicester City is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Slavia Praha. Lukas Provod scored the first goal for Slavia Praha in the 49th minute, then Sima added another in the 79th minute on a feed from Peter Olayinka At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leicester City couldn’t manage to score, and Slavia Praha took the shutout win. Leicester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Arsenal is fresh off their 3-2 win against Benfica. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 21st minute, but Diogo Gonçalves got the equalizer for Benfica in the 43rd minute , but Arsenal kept scoring and walked away with the win. Arsenal is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Leicester City and Arsenal last played eachother at the Emirates Stadium on the 25th of October. Leicester City took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Jamie Vardy scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 80th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arsenal was frustrated by Leicester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Leicester City ended the match with the shutout victory.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored five goals for Arsenal. For Leicester City, their top scorers are Harvey Barnes and James Maddison, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Dennis Praet, Ayoze Pérez, Timothy Castagne, Wes Morgan, Wesley Fofana and James Justin are unavailable to play for Brendan Rodgers’s team, while Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s Arsenal squad will be without David Luiz, Kieran Tierney and Bernd Leno.