Leicester City 2-0 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2015
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leicester City 2-0 Southampton: match report
Leicester City beat Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 May 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Riyad Mahrez (7') and Riyad Mahrez (19'). Southampton did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Southampton received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 36 points from 35 and Southampton 5th on 58 points from 35. Leicester City went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Southampton 5th with 61.
Leicester City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harrison Reed of Southampton (7.3), ahead of Toby Alderweireld (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 3 draws and 3 for Southampton.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Southampton's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 19'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 81'Yellow card · Marcin Wasilewski
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City expected line-up (5-3-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Esteban Cambiasso, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jamie Vardy, Leonardo Ulloa
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paulo Gazzaniga, Nathaniel Clyne, José Fonte, Toby Alderweireld, Ryan Bertrand, Harrison Reed, Victor Wanyama, Steven Davis, Sadio Mané, Eljero Elia, Graziano Pellè