Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Chelsea defeated Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August 2003. The half-time score was 2-1.

Chelsea's goals came from an own goal by Lilian Nalis (3') and Adrian Mutu (45'). Leicester City scored through James Scowcroft (40').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Leicester City received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Leicester City 18th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · Lilian NalisChelsea · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · James ScowcroftLeicester City · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Adrian MutuChelsea · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Steve HoweyLeicester City
  • 67'Red card · Geremi N'Djitap FotsoChelsea
  • 75'Yellow card · Ben ThatcherLeicester City
  • 79'Yellow card · Craig HignettLeicester City
  • 79'Yellow card · Riccardo ScimecaLeicester City
  • 84'Red card · A. RogersLeicester City
  • 88'Second yellow · Riccardo ScimecaLeicester City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 0, Leicester City 2.