Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2018

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Tottenham Hotspur · Leicester City · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 Leicester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Leicester City 5-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 May 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Harry Kane (7'), Erik Lamela (49'), an own goal by Juanjo González (53'), Erik Lamela (60') and Harry Kane (76'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (4'), Riyad Mahrez (16'), Kelechi Iheanacho (47') and Jamie Vardy (73').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 74 points from 37 and Leicester City 9th on 47 points from 37. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (8.8), ahead of Harry Kane (8.4).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 16'Goal · Riyad MahrezLeicester City · 1-2
  • 47'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 1-3
  • 49'Goal · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur · 2-3
  • 53'Own goal · Juanjo GonzálezTottenham Hotspur · 3-3
  • 55'Yellow card · Victor WanyamaTottenham Hotspur
  • 60'Goal · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur · 4-3
  • 73'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 4-4
  • 76'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 5-4
  • 83'Yellow card · Hamza ChoudhuryLeicester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Adrien SilvaLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 5, Leicester City 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker-Peters, Toby Alderweireld, Eric Dier, Danny Rose, Moussa Sissoko, Victor Wanyama, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane

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

Eldin Jakupović, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Adrien Silva, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Riyad Mahrez, Kelechi Iheanacho, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy