Leicester City 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2012

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Burnley

Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leicester City 2-1 Burnley: match report

Leicester City beat Burnley 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Dean Marney opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Leicester City's goals came from David Nugent (47') and Jamie Vardy (57'). Burnley scored through Dean Marney (10').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 19th on 6 points from 5 and Burnley 18th on 6 points from 5. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Burnley 11th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Dean MarneyBurnley · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Martin PatersonBurnley
  • 38'Yellow card · David NugentLeicester City
  • 47'Goal · David NugentLeicester City · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertLeicester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Ritchie De LaetLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 3, draws 2, Burnley 5.

Team news

Leicester City line-up

Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Ben Marshall, Matty James, Jamie Vardy, Anthony Knockaert, David Nugent, Danny Drinkwater, Sean St. Ledger

Burnley line-up

Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, David Edgar, Chris McCann, Dean Marney, Cameron Stewart, Martin Paterson, Junior Stanislas, Lee Grant, Joseph Mills, Brian Stock