Leicester City 1-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Leicester City 1-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leicester City 1-0 Burnley: match report

Leicester City beat Burnley 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Demarai Gray of Leicester City in the 6th minute.

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 9th on 17 points from 14 and Burnley 6th on 25 points from 14. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Burnley 7th with 54.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Johann Berg Guðmunds­son of Burnley (7.8), ahead of Kasper Schmeichel (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Demarai GrayLeicester City · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Leicester City 2, draws 1, Burnley 1.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Marc Albrighton, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy

Burnley line-up (4-4-1-1)

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood