Leicester City 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2024

Result

Leicester City 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Leicester City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Leicester City 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Leicester City drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 December 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Tariq Lamptey opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (86') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (90+1'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Tariq Lamptey (37') and Yankuba Minteh (79').

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 17th on 13 points from 14 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 23 points from 14. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 25 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 61.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of Bobby De Cordova-Reid (8.1).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Tariq LampteyBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Carlos BalebaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 74'Yellow card · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 79'Goal · Yankuba MintehBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-2
  • 86'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Boubakary SoumaréLeicester City
  • 90+1'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-ReidLeicester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Conor Coady, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen, Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumaré, Kasey McAteer, Bilal El Khannouss, Jordan Ayew, Jamie Vardy

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Tariq Lamptey, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari, Georginio Rutter, João Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma, E. Ferguson