Leicester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 February 2019
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Tuesday 26 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Leicester City defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 February 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Demarai Gray opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Demarai Gray (10') and Jamie Vardy (63'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Davy Pröpper (66').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 32 points from 27 and Brighton & Hove Albion 16th on 27 points from 26. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey Barnes of Leicester City (7.7), ahead of Harry Maguire (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 23'Yellow card · Martín Montoya
- 63'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 66'Goal · Davy Pröpper
- 84'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Pascal Groß, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Anthony Knockaert, Glenn Murray, S. March