Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 August 2019
Result
Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 24 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Sheffield United lost to Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Oliver McBurnie (62'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (38') and Harvey Barnes (70').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Leicester City 14th on 2 points from 2. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of George Baldock (7.5).
Key events
- 38'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 57'Yellow card · John Lundstram
- 62'Goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 70'Goal · Harvey Barnes
Team news
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Henderson, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, John Egan, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Lundstram, Luke Freeman, Oliver Norwood, Callum Robinson, David McGoldrick
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Çağlar Söyüncü, Jonny Evans, Ricardo Pereira, Christian Fuchs, Youri Tielemans, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Dennis Praet, Jamie Vardy, James Maddison, Ayoze Pérez