Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 16 July 2020
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Thursday 16 July 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield United: match report
Leicester City won against Sheffield United 2-0 in the Premier League on Thursday 16 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ayoze Pérez opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Ayoze Pérez (29') and Demarai Gray (79'). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 4th on 59 points from 35 and Sheffield United 8th on 54 points from 35. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 54.
Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City (8.5), ahead of Youri Tielemans (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 75'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 79'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 80'Yellow card · John Egan
- 90+3'Yellow card · John Fleck
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (3-4-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ryan Bennett, Wes Morgan, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Ayoze Pérez, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, Ben Osborn, Enda Stevens, Oli McBurnie, David McGoldrick