Arsenal 1-0 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2017
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Leicester City
Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 Leicester City: match report
Arsenal beat Leicester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal was an own goal by Robert Huth in the 86th minute, credited to Arsenal.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 57 points from 31 and Leicester City 15th on 37 points from 32. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal (7.7), level with Granit Xhaka (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 0 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-W-D-L and Leicester City's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 52'Yellow card · Juanjo González
- 80'Yellow card · Y. Benalouane
- 82'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 86'Own goal · Robert Huth
- 90+3'Yellow card · A. Sánchez
- 90+4'Yellow card · Robert Huth
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Kieran Gibbs, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Leonardo Ulloa