Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City: match report

Chelsea beat Leicester City 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Diego Costa (7'), Eden Hazard (33') and Victor Moses (80'). Leicester City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 13 points from 7 and Leicester City 12th on 8 points from 7. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to N'Golo Kanté of Chelsea (8.4), ahead of Nemanja Matić (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Leicester City's D-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Robert HuthLeicester City
  • 33'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · César AzpilicuetaChelsea
  • 80'Goal · Victor MosesChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Leicester City 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Luis Hernández, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Jeffrey Schlupp, Danny Drinkwater, Daniel Amartey, Marc Albrighton, Ahmed Musa, Jamie Vardy