Leicester City 2-1 Club Brugge: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 22 November 2016
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Club Brugge
Champions League · Tuesday 22 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leicester City 2-1 Club Brugge: match report
Leicester City beat Club Brugge 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 22 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Shinji Okazaki opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Shinji Okazaki (5') and Riyad Mahrez (30', penalty). Club Brugge scored through José Izquierdo (52').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Club Brugge received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 15th on 10 points from 4 and Club Brugge 77th on 0 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Club Brugge in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Fuchs of Leicester City (7.8), ahead of Marc Albrighton (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Club Brugge.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 30'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 52'Goal · José Izquierdo
- 90'Yellow card · Ron-Robert Zieler
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Ron-Robert Zieler, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Andy King, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki
Club Brugge line-up (4-3-1-2)
Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle, Dion Cools, Benoît Poulain, Brandon Mechele, Laurens De Bock, Tomás Pina, Timmy Simons, Claudemir, Hans Vanaken, Jelle Vossen, José Izquierdo