Leicester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Leicester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Shinji Okazaki opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Leicester City's goals came from Shinji Okazaki (1') and Harry Maguire (54'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards.
Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 40.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Maguire of Leicester City (8.0), ahead of Riyad Mahrez (7.8).
Key events
- 1'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 50'Yellow card · Wes Morgan
- 54'Goal · Harry Maguire
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Matty James, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)
Mathew Ryan, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Markus Suttner, S. March, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Jamie Murphy, Pascal Groß, Glenn Murray