Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023
Result
Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City: match report
Swansea City were beaten by Leicester City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Matt Grimes opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Swansea City's goal came from Matt Grimes (20'). Leicester City scored through Jannik Vestergaard (44'), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (63') and Kelechi Iheanacho (87').
Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swansea City were 13th on 15 points from 11 and Leicester City 1st on 30 points from 11. Swansea City went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Leicester City 1st with 97.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jannik Vestergaard of Leicester City (8.5), ahead of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Liam Cullen
- 20'Goal · Matt Grimes
- 44'Goal · Jannik Vestergaard
- 49'Yellow card · James Justin
- 56'Yellow card · Ricardo Pereira
- 63'Goal · Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
- 87'Goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 90+7'Yellow card · Harry Darling
- 90+8'Yellow card · Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Head-to-head
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Josh Key, Harry Darling, Bashir Humphreys, Josh Tymon, Charlie Patiño, Matt Grimes, Liam Cullen, Sander Krabbendam, Jamal Lowe, Jerry Yates
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Jamie Vardy, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi