Birmingham City come to the King Power Stadium to play Leicester City on Saturday in poor form, having collected just four points from their last six games.
The visitors have won one and drawn one of their last six fixtures, while the Foxes have two wins and a draw.
With 77 goals in 39 games so far this season, Leicester are the league's second-highest scorers with 2.0 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 35 goals at a rate of 0.9 per game.
Birmingham, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.
Leicester City are third in the table after 39 games, of which they have won 27 and drawn four, earning 85 points.
Birmingham City are 17 places behind the Foxes in 20th, with 11 wins and nine draws putting them on 42 points.
With Mads Hermansen between the sticks, the home team can rely on one of the league's safest pair of hands. He has kept 12 clean sheets in his 38 appearances this season in the Championship.
In the Blues' net, John Ruddy has eight clean sheets in 38 games. He has conceded a goal every 68 minutes, 70% more often than the 118 minutes between goals for Hermansen.
Over the last two years, Leicester and Birmingham have played each other twice. Leicester won both of them.
Their last meeting was on January 27, when Leicester won 3-0 at home.
Leicester's last match was on Monday, a 3-1 win against Norwich City, with Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Stephy Mavididi getting the goals for the Foxes.
Birmingham beat Preston North End 1-0 last time out, also on Monday, with Jay Stansfield on the scoresheet.
Saturday's match will be refereed by David Webb, who has taken charge of 27 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 104 players. He has awarded five penalties.
The last Leicester game Webb refereed was a 3-2 away win against Birmingham City on December 18. His last Birmingham match was their 1-0 loss away at West Bromwich Albion on February 3.
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Leicester City v Birmingham City
Championship | King Power Stadium
Saturday, 6 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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