Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2017

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Liverpool won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (52') and Mohamed Salah (76'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (3').

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 38 points from 20 and Leicester City 8th on 27 points from 20. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (7.7), level with Sadio Mané (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Leicester City's L-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · James MilnerLiverpool
  • 52'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Emre CanLiverpool
  • 53'Yellow card · Harry MaguireLeicester City
  • 62'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 76'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Andrew RobertsonLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Leicester City 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, Andrew Robertson, Philippe Coutinho, Emre Can, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Marc Albrighton, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy