Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City: match report
Liverpool won against Leicester City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (13'), Sadio Mané (31'), Adam Lallana (56') and Roberto Firmino (89'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (38').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Leicester City 9th on 4 points from 3. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Liverpool (9.2), ahead of Roberto Firmino (9.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 28'Yellow card · Daniel Amartey
- 31'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 38'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 44'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
- 56'Goal · Adam Lallana
- 82'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 89'Goal · Roberto Firmino
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Lucas Leiva, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, Daniel Sturridge, Roberto Firmino
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Daniel Amartey, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy