Leicester City 1-0 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Leicester City 1-0 West Ham United
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 1-0 West Ham United: match report
Leicester City won against West Ham United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Islam Slimani of Leicester City in the 20th minute.
Discipline: Leicester City received 5 yellow cards; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 16th on 17 points from 18 and West Ham United 11th on 22 points from 18. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and West Ham United 11th with 45.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Ham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Islam Slimani of Leicester City (7.8), ahead of Kasper Schmeichel (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 3 for West Ham United.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-D-L-W-L and West Ham United's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 44'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 45'Yellow card · A. Ogbonna
- 47'Yellow card · Daniel Amartey
- 66'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
- 71'Yellow card · Håvard Nordtveit
- 72'Yellow card · Kasper Schmeichel
- 83'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 84'Yellow card · M. Lanzini
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Ben Chilwell, Daniel Amartey, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Riyad Mahrez, Demarai Gray, Islam Slimani
West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, Håvard Nordtveit, Winston Reid, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Mark Noble, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Michail Antonio, André Ayew, Dimitri Payet, Andy Carroll