Burnley 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Burnley 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Burnley beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

C. Wood opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Burnley's goals came from C. Wood (6') and Kevin Long (9'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (72').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 7th on 49 points from 32 and Leicester City 8th on 43 points from 32. Burnley went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Long of Burnley (7.5), level with Johann Berg Guðmunds­son (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 1 draw and 3 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Leicester City's L-W-W-D-D.