Leicester City 2-1 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 20 March 2022
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Brentford
Premier League · Sunday 20 March 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leicester City 2-1 Brentford: match report
Leicester City beat Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 March 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Timothy Castagne opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Timothy Castagne (20') and James Maddison (33'). Brentford scored through Yoane Wissa (85').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 33 points from 26 and Brentford 15th on 30 points from 29. Leicester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.6), ahead of Yoane Wissa (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Brentford.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-W-W-L-D and Brentford's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Timothy Castagne
- 33'Goal · James Maddison
- 76'Yellow card · Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- 83'Yellow card · Ethan Pinnock
- 85'Goal · Yoane Wissa
- 90'Yellow card · Christian Nørgaard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, James Justin, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Timothy Castagne, Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy, James Maddison, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes, Kelechi Iheanacho
Brentford line-up (4-5-1)
David Raya, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Bryan Mbeumo, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Yoane Wissa, Ivan Toney