Everton 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2015
Result
Everton 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Everton 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Everton were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 December 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Everton's goals came from Romelu Lukaku (32') and Kevin Mirallas (89'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (27', penalty), Riyad Mahrez (65', penalty) and Shinji Okazaki (69').
Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Everton were 7th on 25 points from 16 and Leicester City 2nd on 31 points from 16. Everton went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Leicester City 1st with 76.
Everton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City (8.1), ahead of Ross Barkley (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Everton wins, 6 draws and 0 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 27'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 32'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 61'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes Mori
- 64'Yellow card · Tim Howard
- 65'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 69'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 81'Yellow card · Marcin Wasilewski
- 89'Goal · Kevin Mirallas
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (4-3-3)
Tim Howard, Séamus Coleman, John Stones, Ramiro Funes Mori, Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Gareth Barry, Tom Cleverley, Gerard Deulofeu, Romelu Lukaku, Arouna Koné
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Marcin Wasilewski, Wes Morgan, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Andy King, N'Golo Kanté, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy