Leicester City 2-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2017
Result
Leicester City 2-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Leicester City 2-3 Liverpool: match report
Leicester City lost to Liverpool 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Shinji Okazaki (45+3') and Jamie Vardy (69'). Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah (15'), Philippe Coutinho (23') and Jordan Henderson (68').
Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 16th on 4 points from 5 and Liverpool 9th on 8 points from 5. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Liverpool 4th with 75.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (9.2), ahead of Jordan Henderson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 17'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
- 22'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 23'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 45+2'Yellow card · Joel Matip
- 45+3'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 56'Yellow card · Dejan Lovren
- 68'Goal · Jordan Henderson
- 69'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 72'Yellow card · Simon Mignolet
- 73'Missed penalty · Jamie Vardy
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Andy King, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho