Southampton 1-4 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017

Result

Southampton 1-4 Leicester City

Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Southampton 1-4 Leicester City: match report

Southampton lost to Leicester City 1-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-3.

Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Southampton's goal came from Maya Yoshida (61'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (11'), Shinji Okazaki (32'), Andy King (38') and Shinji Okazaki (69').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 11th on 18 points from 16 and Leicester City 8th on 23 points from 16. Southampton went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.

Southampton 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 Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of Harry Maguire (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Riyad MahrezLeicester City · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Shinji OkazakiLeicester City · 0-2
  • 38'Goal · Andy KingLeicester City · 0-3
  • 52'Yellow card · Charlie AustinSouthampton
  • 61'Goal · Maya YoshidaSouthampton · 1-3
  • 69'Goal · Shinji OkazakiLeicester City · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 5, Leicester City 2.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, Maya Yoshida, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, Dusan Tadic, Steven Davis, Sofiane Boufal, Charlie Austin

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Wilfred Ndidi, Andy King, Riyad Mahrez, Shinji Okazaki, Ben Chilwell, Jamie Vardy