Everton 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 1 July 2020

Result

Everton 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Wednesday 1 July 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Everton 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Everton won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Richarlison opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Everton's goals came from Richarlison (10') and Dejan Joksimovic (16', penalty). Leicester City scored through Kelechi Iheanacho (51').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Everton were 12th on 41 points from 31 and Leicester City 3rd on 55 points from 31. Everton went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richarlison of Everton (7.5), level with Anthony Gordon (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 1 draw and 5 for Leicester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · RicharlisonEverton · 1-0
  • 16'Penalty goal · Dejan JoksimovicEverton · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 74'Yellow card · Jordan PickfordEverton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 4, draws 1, Leicester City 5.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-4-2)

Jordan Pickford, Séamus Coleman, Michael Keane, Mason Holgate, Lucas Digne, Alex Iwobi, André Gomes, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Anthony Gordon, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison

Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, James Justin, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Dennis Praet, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy