Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015
Result
Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Leicester City lost to Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2015. The half-time score was 1-2.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (13') and Jamie Vardy (89'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (18'), A. Sánchez (33'), A. Sánchez (57'), A. Sánchez (81') and Olivier Giroud (90+3').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 4th on 12 points from 6 and Arsenal 7th on 10 points from 6. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (10.0), ahead of Santi Cazorla (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 18'Goal · T. Walcott
- 33'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 57'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 68'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 69'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 72'Yellow card · Danny Drinkwater
- 81'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 89'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 90+3'Goal · Olivier Giroud
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Jeffrey Schlupp, Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Theo Walcott