Leicester City 3-1 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2016
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Everton
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leicester City 3-1 Everton: match report
Leicester City won against Everton 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (5'), Andy King (33') and Jamie Vardy (65', penalty). Everton scored through Kevin Mirallas (88').
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Everton received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 2nd on 72 points from 36 and Everton 11th on 47 points from 35. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Everton 10th with 50.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Everton in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 6 draws and 2 for Everton.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Everton's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 33'Goal · Andy King
- 44'Yellow card · Matthew Pennington
- 49'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 65'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 71'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
- 71'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
- 72'Missed penalty · Jamie Vardy
- 88'Goal · Kevin Mirallas
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson, Danny Drinkwater, N'Golo Kanté, Riyad Mahrez, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Everton expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Robles, John Stones, Séamus Coleman, Ramiro Funes Mori, Bryan Oviedo, Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Aaron Lennon, James McCarthy, Kevin Mirallas, Romelu Lukaku