Leicester City 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 13 September 2015
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 13 September 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leicester City 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Leicester City won against Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jack Grealish opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Ritchie De Laet (72'), Jamie Vardy (82') and Nathan Dyer (89'). Aston Villa scored through Jack Grealish (39') and Carles Gil (63').
Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 7th on 8 points from 4 and Aston Villa 15th on 4 points from 4. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City (9.5), ahead of Danny Drinkwater (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 45+1'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
- 63'Goal · Carles Gil
- 72'Goal · Ritchie De Laet
- 77'Yellow card · Nathan Dyer
- 77'Yellow card · Nathan Dyer
- 81'Yellow card · Jordan Amavi
- 82'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 89'Goal · Nathan Dyer
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Jeffrey Schlupp, Riyad Mahrez, Gökhan Inler, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Guzan, Leandro Bacuna, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, J. Amavi, Carlos Sánchez, Ashley Westwood, Carles Gil, Jack Grealish, Scott Sinclair, Gabriel Agbonlahor