Burnley 1-2 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 March 2019

Result

Burnley 1-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 16 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burnley 1-2 Leicester City: match report

Burnley lost to Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

James Maddison opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Burnley's goal came from Dwight McNeil (38'). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (33') and Wes Morgan (90').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Burnley were 17th on 30 points from 30 and Leicester City 10th on 38 points from 30. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.0), ahead of Wes Morgan (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Red card · Harry MaguireLeicester City
  • 33'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · James MaddisonLeicester City
  • 36'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley
  • 38'Goal · Dwight McNeilBurnley · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Wes MorganLeicester City · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 2, Leicester City 3.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Demarai Gray, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy