Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Leicester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Vicente Iborra opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. Brighton & Hove Albion did not score. Leicester City scored through Vicente Iborra (83') and Jamie Vardy (90+6').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 12th on 34 points from 30 and Leicester City 8th on 40 points from 30. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City (7.8), ahead of Ben Chilwell (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Wes Morgan
- 24'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 63'Yellow card · B. Chilwell
- 64'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 66'Yellow card · B. Kayal
- 68'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
- 77'Missed penalty · Glenn Murray
- 79'Yellow card · Gaëtan Bong
- 83'Goal · Vicente Iborra
- 90+6'Goal · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mathew Ryan, Gaëtan Bong, Lewis Dunk, Ezequiel Schelotto, Shane Duffy, Beram Kayal, Pascal Groß, José Izquierdo, Davy Pröpper, Jürgen Locadia, Glenn Murray
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Ben Chilwell, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Marc Albrighton, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Wilfred Ndidi, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki