Arsenal 4-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2022
Result
Arsenal 4-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 4-2 Leicester City: match report
Arsenal beat Leicester City 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 August 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Jesus (23'), Gabriel Jesus (35'), Granit Xhaka (55') and Gabriel Martinelli (75'). Leicester City scored through an own goal by William Saliba (53') and James Maddison (74').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Leicester City 18th with 34.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal (8.9), ahead of Gabriel Martinelli (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 4 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Wesley Fofana
- 23'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 35'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 53'Own goal · William Saliba
- 55'Goal · Granit Xhaka
- 74'Goal · James Maddison
- 75'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
- 90'Yellow card · Takehiro Tomiyasu
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli
Leicester City line-up (3-5-1-1)
Danny Ward, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, Daniel Amartey, Timothy Castagne, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, James Justin, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy