Leicester City 2-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 19 January 2021

Result

Leicester City 2-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Tuesday 19 January 2021, 20:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Leicester City 2-0 Chelsea: match report

Leicester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 19 January 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Wilfred Ndidi opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Wilfred Ndidi (6') and James Maddison (41'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 35 points from 18 and Chelsea 8th on 29 points from 18. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Chelsea 4th with 67.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City (8.3), ahead of Marc Albrighton (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 6 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Chelsea's W-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Kai HavertzChelsea
  • 41'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicChelsea
  • 85'Yellow card · W. FofanaLeicester City
  • 89'Yellow card · Hakim ZiyechChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 6, Chelsea 3.

Team news

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy

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

Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Antonio Rüdiger, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Mason Mount, Mateo Kovacic, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham