Southampton 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2018
Result
Southampton 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Southampton 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Southampton lost to Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ryan Bertrand opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Southampton's goal came from Ryan Bertrand (52'). Leicester City scored through Demarai Gray (56') and Harry Maguire (90+2').
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southampton were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Leicester City 8th on 3 points from 2. Southampton went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.
Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Maguire of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 3 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 52'Goal · Ryan Bertrand
- 56'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 64'Yellow card · Ryan Bertrand
- 77'Second yellow · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 90+2'Goal · Harry Maguire
- 90+3'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jannik Vestergaard, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Mario Lemina, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long, Danny Ings
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, James Maddison, Demarai Gray, Kelechi Iheanacho