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Stoke City

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Stoke City will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-2 FA Cup loss in their previous game against Fulham.

In that match, Stoke City managed 33% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Stoke City was Jun-ho Bae (19'). On the other side, Fulham got 17 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Kevin (55') and Harrison Reed (84') scored for Fulham.

Stoke City have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 vs opposition teams over the course of their previous six matches. In those games, Stoke City have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 8.

Leading up to this clash, Stoke City:

• have left without a victory over Leicester City in their last 9 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Leicester City

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Southampton in FA Cup competition, Leicester City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Leicester City managed 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Leicester City was Oliver Skipp (52'). Southampton got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Cyle Larin (45') and James Bree (109') scored for Southampton. The match was eventually decided in extra time and won by Southampton.

Leicester City have been a threat going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 7 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Andy King will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Leicester City have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same games. We will have to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Their prior results show that Leicester City:

• remain unbeaten by Stoke City when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. An impressive run.
• have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs going back to 04/11/2017 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Stoke City. They have not been able to register any wins at all while Leicester City have been superior, beating them in 67 per cent of those match-ups.

20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them for The Potters and 16 netted by The Foxes. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Championship match day 16 on 22/11/2025 when it ended Leicester City 2-1 Stoke City.

That day, Leicester City had 44% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Goals were scored by Stephy Mavididi (23') and Patson Daka (44').

On the other side, Stoke City got 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jun-ho Bae (48') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Matt Donohue.

ℹ️ Team News: Stoke City

In all likelihood, The Potters look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Tommy Simkin, Bosun Lawal, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Aaron Cresswell, Tatsuki Seko, Steven Nzonzi, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Tomas Rigo, Sorba Thomas and Lamine Cissé.

📋 Team News: Leicester City

We are inclined to think that The Foxes could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Thomas, Oliver Skipp, Harry Winks, Issahaku Fatawu, Divine Mukasa, Stephy Mavididi and Patson Daka.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Leicester City are likely to find the net against this Stoke City lineup, although that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a 2-1 winning score for Stoke City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 12:07 21/02/2026