Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2022

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

Tottenham Hotspur · Leicester City · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 Leicester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Leicester City 6-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2022. The half-time score was 2-2.

Youri Tielemans opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Harry Kane (8'), Eric Dier (21'), Rodrigo Bentancur (47'), Heung-min Son (73'), Heung-min Son (84') and Heung-min Son (86'). Leicester City scored through Youri Tielemans (6', penalty) and James Maddison (41').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 14 points from 6 and Leicester City 20th on 1 point from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Leicester City 18th with 34.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Heung-min Son of Tottenham Hotspur (9.3), ahead of Rodrigo Bentancur (8.8).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Youri TielemansLeicester City · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 21'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 41'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 2-2
  • 47'Goal · Rodrigo BentancurTottenham Hotspur · 3-2
  • 49'Yellow cardTottenham Hotspur
  • 49'Yellow card · Patson DakaLeicester City
  • 73'Yellow card · Ivan PerišićTottenham Hotspur
  • 73'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 4-2
  • 84'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 5-2
  • 86'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 6-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 7, draws 0, Leicester City 3.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Davinson Sánchez, Eric Dier, Clément Lenglet, Ivan Perisic, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ryan Sessegnon, Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison, Harry Kane

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

Danny Ward, Timothy Castagne, Jonny Evans, Wout Felix Lina Faes, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes, Patson Daka