Leicester City 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2017
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leicester City 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Leicester City won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Islam Slimani opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Islam Slimani (69') and Jamie Vardy (78'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 13th on 33 points from 29 and Sunderland 20th on 20 points from 29. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Albrighton of Leicester City (8.3), ahead of Robert Huth (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Sunderland's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 69'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 78'Goal · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Danny Drinkwater, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki
Sunderland line-up (4-1-3-2)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, Jason Denayer, Bryan Oviedo, Didier Ndong, Lee Cattermole, Jack Rodwell, Sebastian Larsson, Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini