Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Monday 27 February 2017
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Monday 27 February 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool: match report
Leicester City beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 27 February 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (28'), Danny Drinkwater (39') and Jamie Vardy (60'). Liverpool scored through Philippe Coutinho (68').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 18th on 21 points from 25 and Liverpool 5th on 49 points from 25. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (9.0), ahead of Christian Fuchs (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Liverpool's W-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 39'Goal · Danny Drinkwater
- 60'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 68'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Lucas Leiva, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho