Norwich City 1-2 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Norwich City 1-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Norwich City 1-2 Leicester City: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Norwich City's goal came from Teemu Pukki (44', penalty). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (8') and Marc Albrighton (76').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 19th on 0 points from 2 and Leicester City 12th on 3 points from 2. Norwich City went on to finish that season 20th with 22 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (7.9), ahead of Wilfred Ndidi (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 2 draws and 1 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-MelouNorwich City
  • 44'Penalty goal · Teemu PukkiNorwich City · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City
  • 76'Goal · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Todd CantwellNorwich City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 2, Leicester City 1.

Team news

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Norwich City line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams, Pierre Lees-Melou, Billy Gilmour, Kenny McLean, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki, Milot Rashica

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Marc Albrighton, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy, James Maddison