Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City: match report
Chelsea lost to Leicester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Jamie Vardy of Leicester City in the 51st minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 37 points from 17 and Leicester City 12th on 22 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City (8.1), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Leicester City's L-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 51'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 81'Yellow card · Nampalys Mendy
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Eden Hazard, Willian
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, James Maddison