Leicester City 2-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Leicester City 2-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leicester City 2-0 Stoke City: match report

Leicester City defeated Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Danny Drinkwater opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Leicester City's goals came from Danny Drinkwater (42'), Jamie Vardy (66') and Leonardo Ulloa (87'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 40 points from 22 and Stoke City 10th on 30 points from 22. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Stoke City 13th with 45.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to N'Golo Kanté of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of Danny Drinkwater (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Stoke City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Danny DrinkwaterLeicester City · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Xherdan ShaqiriStoke City
  • 66'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · Leonardo UlloaLeicester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Leicester City 3, draws 3, Stoke City 3.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, N'Golo Kanté, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Butland, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Philipp Wollscheid, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan, Ibrahim Afellay, Jonathan Walters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Mame Diouf, Joselu