Burnley 1-0 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2017
Result
Burnley 1-0 Leicester City
Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burnley 1-0 Leicester City: match report
Burnley defeated Leicester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 31 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Sam Vokes of Burnley in the 87th minute.
Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 13th on 26 points from 22 and Leicester City 15th on 21 points from 22. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Keane of Burnley (8.2), ahead of Joey Barton (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 2 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Leicester City's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Matthew Lowton
- 87'Goal · Sam Vokes
Head-to-head
Team news
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Steven Defour, Jeff Hendrick, Joey Barton, George Boyd, Ashley Barnes, Andre Gray
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Demarai Gray