Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 February 2021

Result

Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 28 February 2021, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Leicester City 1-3 Arsenal: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 February 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Youri Tielemans opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Youri Tielemans (6'). Arsenal scored through David Luiz (39'), Alexandre Lacazette (45+2', penalty) and Nicolas Pépé (52').

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 49 points from 25 and Arsenal 11th on 34 points from 25. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Arsenal 8th with 61.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of David Luiz (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Youri TielemansLeicester City · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · L. ThomasLeicester City
  • 39'Goal · David LuizArsenal · 1-1
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 1-2
  • 52'Goal · Nicolas PépéArsenal · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Youri TielemansLeicester City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kieran TierneyArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 2, Arsenal 4.

Team news

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jamie Vardy

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Cédric Soares, David Luiz, Pablo Marí, Kieran Tierney, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pépé, Emile Smith Rowe, Willian, Alexandre Lacazette