Leicester City 4-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 August 2015
Result
Leicester City 4-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 8 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Leicester City 4-2 Sunderland: match report
Leicester City defeated Sunderland 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 August 2015. The half-time score was 3-0.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (11'), Riyad Mahrez (18'), Riyad Mahrez (25', penalty) and Marc Albrighton (66'). Sunderland scored through Jermain Defoe (60') and Steven Fletcher (71').
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.
Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 17'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 18'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 25'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 42'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 49'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 60'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 66'Goal · Marc Albrighton
- 71'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 73'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
- 85'Yellow card · Sebastián Coates
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jeffrey Schlupp
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City expected line-up (3-4-1-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Marcin Wasilewski, Esteban Cambiasso, Andy King, Jeffrey Schlupp, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Leonardo Ulloa, Riyad Mahrez
Sunderland expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Patrick van Aanholt, John O'Shea, Billy Jones, Sebastián Coates, Jermain Defoe, Connor Wickham, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Jordi Gómez, Danny Graham