Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 October 2019
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Liverpool won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 October 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (40') and James Milner (90+5', penalty). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (80').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 21 points from 7 and Leicester City 3rd on 14 points from 7. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.8).
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
- 30'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 39'Yellow card · Fabinho
- 40'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 53'Yellow card · Caglar Söyüncü
- 69'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 80'Goal · James Maddison
- 89'Yellow card · Hamza Choudhury
- 90+5'Penalty goal · James Milner
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Adrián, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho, James Milner, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino
Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Harvey Barnes, Dennis Praet, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy