In Leicester’s 13 league games to date, not once have they won over 6.5 corners, in fact, they’ve averaged just 3.46 per game – the second-fewest in the league.

Even in the Championship The Foxes only averaged 5.5 corners per game, surpassing the 6.5 corner mark in just 30% of games despite being comfortably one of the best sides in the division.

West Ham have conceded 7 or more corners on 6 occasions since the start of the season although 5 of the exceptions have been against teams in the top 8 with the remainder being against Newcastle. All of these teams are far superior to West Ham, so it shouldn’t warrant too much concern.

Kudus has averaged 3.65 shots per 90 minutes this season which is the most of any player with over 2 hours of gametime for the Hammers. This selection has been a winner in all 8 of his league starts this season and against Leicester, it’d be a surprise if he didn’t make it 9 for 9.

The hosts are averaging 17.15 shots conceded per game this season so Kudus should have ample opportunity to fire a few at goal.

Although West Ham haven’t lived up to expectations this season having been initially touted as dark horses following a seemingly efficient summer transfer window, but they should have enough to take something home from Leicester.

The Hammers have taken at least 1 point from 5 of their last 8, only failing to do so against, Arsenal, Spurs and Nottingham Forest, all of whom rank in the top 7. 2 of their 3 wins across this period came against Man United and Newcastle.

Leicester, meanwhile, have recorded just 2 wins in their 13 games, beating Bournemouth and bottom-placed Southampton. Although they are one point clear of the drop zone at the time of writing, they sit bottom of the league in terms of expected points, having accumulated just 9.62 while ranking second from bottom in terms of both xG and xGA.

Amongst players who obtain regular game time for West Ham, no player comes even close to matching Kudus’ average of 1.49 shots on target per 90.

He’s tested the opposition keeper at least once in each of his last 4 appearances for West Ham, totalling 10 shots on goal over the period despite coming off at halftime in one of those games against Brentford.

Leicester have averaged 5.4 shots on target conceded per game this season, including 6 in each of the last 2.

Leicester’s defence ranks second from bottom in terms of goals and expected goals, averaging 2.37xGA per 90 alone, although they have struck back with an average of 1.17xG per game, meaning on average their matches have produced 3.54 expected goals. In practice 9 out of 13 have seen 3 or more goals scored, including each of the last 3 and 5 of their most recent 6.

As for West Ham, 8 of their games have seen 3 or more goals scored, averaging 3.15 goals and 3.55 expected goals per match. Last time out they were on the wrong end of a 5-2 battering at the hands of Arsenal who showed no mercy in tearing apart their already vulnerable defence.

Edson Alvarez has averaged 1.39 fouls drawn per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season and while this is a step up from what we’ve previously seen from the midfielder, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest this could be the new norm.

He’s drawn at least one foul in 3 of his last 4 matches, averaging 2.15 fouls per 90 over the period and only failing to bring this selection home against Man United.

Although it remains to be seen exactly how Van Nistelrooy will set Leicester up, Buonanotte is expected to start as an attacking midfielder, possibly alongside Jordan Ayew. The former averages 1.81 fouls per 90 whilst the latter is averaging 1.76.