West Ham United 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019
Result
West Ham United 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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West Ham United 1-2 Leicester City: match report
West Ham United were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 December 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring in the 40th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Pablo Fornals (45'). Leicester City scored through Kelechi Iheanacho (40') and Demarai Gray (56').
Discipline: West Ham United received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 17th on 19 points from 18 and Leicester City 2nd on 39 points from 19. West Ham United went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayoze Pérez of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of Pablo Fornals (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Lukasz Fabianski
- 12'Missed penalty · Demarai Gray
- 40'Goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 45'Goal · Pablo Fornals
- 49'Yellow card · Arthur Masuaku
- 56'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 56'Yellow card · Issa Diop
- 77'Yellow card · Declan Rice
- 90'Yellow card · Hamza Choudhury
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Kazım Nas, Fabián Balbuena, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Declan Rice, Carlos Sánchez, Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, Felipe Anderson, Sébastien Haller
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, James Justin, Wes Morgan, Jonny Evans, Christian Fuchs, Demarai Gray, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Nampalys Mendy, Marc Albrighton, Ayoze Pérez, Kelechi Iheanacho