Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2024
Result
Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City: match report
Liverpool won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jordan Ayew opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Cody Gakpo (45+1'), Curtis Jones (49') and Mohamed Salah (82'). Leicester City scored through Jordan Ayew (6').
Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 39 points from 16 and Leicester City 18th on 14 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Leicester City 18th with 25.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cody Gakpo of Liverpool (8.9), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 2 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 37'Yellow card · Joe Gomez
- 43'Yellow card · Jordan Ayew
- 45+1'Goal · Cody Gakpo
- 49'Goal · Curtis Jones
- 58'Yellow card · Andrew Robertson
- 58'Yellow card · Jannik Vestergaard
- 80'Yellow card · Dominik Szoboszlai
- 82'Goal · Mohamed Salah
Head-to-head
Team news
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Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, James Justin, Conor Coady, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen, Harry Winks, Boubakary Soumaré, Jordan Ayew, Bilal El Khannouss, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Patson Daka