Leicester City 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016
Result
Leicester City 2-2 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leicester City 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Leicester City drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Álvaro Negredo opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Riyad Mahrez (34', penalty) and Islam Slimani (90+4', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Álvaro Negredo (13') and Álvaro Negredo (71').
Discipline: Leicester City received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 12 points from 12 and Middlesbrough 15th on 11 points from 12. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 28.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Álvaro Negredo of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Robert Huth (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 29'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
- 31'Yellow card · C. Chambers
- 34'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 34'Yellow card · Álvaro Negredo
- 37'Yellow card · Juanjo González
- 51'Yellow card · Daniel Amartey
- 65'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 71'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 90+3'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Islam Slimani
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, Andy King, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Middlesbrough line-up (4-5-1)
Víctor Valdés, Antonio Barragán, Calum Chambers, Ben Gibson, Fábio, Adama Traoré, Marten de Roon, Adam Clayton, Adam Forshaw, Gastón Ramírez, Álvaro Negredo