Leicester City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Leicester City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Leicester City won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Leicester City's goals came from an own goal by Matt Doherty (29') and James Maddison (45'). Wolverhampton Wanderers did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.
Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 57.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Chilwell of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of James Maddison (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 29'Own goal · Matt Doherty
- 45'Goal · James Maddison
- 66'Red card · Jamie Vardy
- 74'Yellow card · M. Gibbs-White
- 78'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 90+6'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Rui Patrício, Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Matt Doherty, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Jonny Otto, Hélder Costa, Diogo Jota, Raúl Jiménez