Leicester City 4-1 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2022
Result
Leicester City 4-1 Southampton
Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leicester City 4-1 Southampton: match report
Leicester City defeated Southampton 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.
James Maddison opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Leicester City's goals came from James Maddison (49'), Jamie Vardy (74'), Ayoze Pérez (81') and Ayoze Pérez (90+6'). Southampton scored through James Ward-Prowse (79', penalty).
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 9th on 49 points from 37 and Southampton 15th on 40 points from 37. Leicester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Southampton 15th with 40.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.8), ahead of Ayoze Pérez (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Southampton.
Key events
- 49'Goal · James Maddison
- 69'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 74'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 79'Penalty goal · James Ward-Prowse
- 81'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 90+6'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Nampalys Mendy, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jack Stephens, Lyanco, Mohammed Salisu, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Nathan Redmond, Adam Armstrong