Leicester City 3-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 9 May 2018
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Wednesday 9 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leicester City 3-1 Arsenal: match report
Leicester City won against Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 9 May 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Kelechi Iheanacho (14'), Jamie Vardy (76', penalty) and Riyad Mahrez (90'). Arsenal scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (53').
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 9th on 44 points from 36 and Arsenal 6th on 60 points from 36. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of Eldin Jakupović (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 15'Red card · Konstantinos Mavropanos
- 53'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 75'Yellow card · R. Holding
- 76'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 77'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 78'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 85'Yellow card · Riyad Mahrez
- 90'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Eldin Jakupović, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Adrien Silva, Fousseni Diabaté, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Sead Kolasinac, Alex Iwobi, Granit Xhaka, Aaron Ramsey, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Danny Welbeck