Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Leicester City were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 September 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Leicester City's goal came from Jamie Vardy (62', penalty). Chelsea scored through Álvaro Morata (41') and N'Golo Kanté (50').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 15th on 3 points from 3 and Chelsea 6th on 6 points from 3. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to N'Golo Kanté of Chelsea (8.1), ahead of Tiemoué Bakayoko (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 8 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 50'Goal · N'Golo Kanté
- 62'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 84'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Matty James, Marc Albrighton, Islam Slimani, Jamie Vardy
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Antonio Rüdiger, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Cesc Fàbregas, Álvaro Morata