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
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.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Wilfred Ndidi
- 29'Yellow card · Kai Havertz
- 41'Goal · James Maddison
- 51'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 85'Yellow card · W. Fofana
- 89'Yellow card · Hakim Ziyech
Head-to-head
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