Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Tuesday 18 May 2021, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 18 May 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Antonio Rüdiger opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Antonio Rüdiger (47') and Jorginho (66', penalty). Leicester City scored through Kelechi Iheanacho (76').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 64 points from 36 and Leicester City 3rd on 66 points from 36. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Leicester City 5th with 66.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Leicester City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City (7.8), ahead of Youri Tielemans (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

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