Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015
Result
Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City: match report
Liverpool won against Leicester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Christian Benteke of Liverpool in the 63rd minute.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 12th on 22 points from 17 and Leicester City 2nd on 34 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Leicester City 1st with 76.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dejan Lovren of Liverpool (8.1), level with Roberto Firmino (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Leicester City's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 45+1'Yellow card · Adam Lallana
- 52'Yellow card · Emre Can
- 62'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 63'Goal · Christian Benteke
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho, Divock Origi
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Andy King, N'Golo Kanté, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy