Brentford 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2021
Result
Brentford 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Brentford 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Brentford were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 October 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Youri Tielemans opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Brentford's goal came from Zanka (60'). Leicester City scored through Youri Tielemans (14') and James Maddison (74').
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 12 points from 8 and Leicester City 12th on 11 points from 8. Brentford went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.
Brentford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Leicester City (8.0), ahead of Zanka (7.7).
Going into the match Brentford's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Leicester City's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Youri Tielemans
- 30'Yellow card · Zanka
- 60'Goal · Zanka
- 63'Yellow card · Çağlar Söyüncü
- 74'Goal · James Maddison
Team news
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Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
David Raya, Zanka, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Sergi Canós, Frank Onyeka, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry, Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo
Leicester City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ricardo Pereira, Youri Tielemans, Boubakary Soumaré, Timothy Castagne, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jamie Vardy