Arsenal 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 14 February 2016
Result
Arsenal 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Sunday 14 February 2016, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arsenal 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Arsenal beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (70') and Danny Welbeck (90+5'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (45', penalty).
Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 48 points from 25 and Leicester City 1st on 49 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Leicester City 1st with 76.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Leicester City's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Francis Coquelin
- 44'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 45'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 45+2'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 49'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 52'Yellow card · Juanjo González
- 54'Second yellow · Danny Simpson
- 57'Yellow card · N'Golo Kanté
- 70'Goal · T. Walcott
- 90+4'Yellow card · Marcin Wasilewski
- 90+4'Yellow card · Marcin Wasilewski
- 90+5'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 90+6'Yellow card · Danny Welbeck
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Mathieu Flamini, Olivier Giroud
Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki