Leicester City 3-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2016
Result
Leicester City 3-0 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leicester City 3-0 Burnley: match report
Leicester City defeated Burnley 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Islam Slimani opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Islam Slimani (45+1'), Islam Slimani (48') and an own goal by Ben Mee (78'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Burnley 15th on 4 points from 4. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Fuchs of Leicester City (8.9), ahead of Islam Slimani (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 48'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 78'Own goal · Ben Mee
- 88'Yellow card · Matthew Lowton
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Ron-Robert Zieler, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Daniel Amartey, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Islam Slimani
Burnley line-up (4-5-1)
Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Scott Arfield, Steven Defour, Dean Marney, Jeff Hendrick, George Boyd, Andre Gray