Leicester City 3-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018

Result

Leicester City 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Leicester City · Huddersfield Town · Premier League predictions

Leicester City 3-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Leicester City defeated Huddersfield Town 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Zanka opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Kelechi Iheanacho (19'), James Maddison (66') and Jamie Vardy (75'). Huddersfield Town scored through Zanka (5').

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 11th on 6 points from 5 and Huddersfield Town 18th on 2 points from 5. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Huddersfield Town 20th with 16.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (9.0), ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Huddersfield Town.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · ZankaHuddersfield Town · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 19'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Rachid GhezzalLeicester City
  • 47'Yellow card · Terence KongoloHuddersfield Town
  • 66'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 1, Huddersfield Town 0.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Nampalys Mendy, Rachid Ghezza, Kelechi Iheanacho, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy

Huddersfield Town line-up (5-4-1)

Jonas Lössl, Erik Durm, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Terence Kongolo, Chris Löwe, Elias Kachunga, Aaron Mooy, Philip Billing, Rajiv van La Parra, Laurent Depoitre