West Ham United 2-3 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
West Ham United 2-3 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
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West Ham United 2-3 Leicester City: match report
West Ham United lost to Leicester City 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-3.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 5th minute. West Ham United's goals came from M. Lanzini (20') and André Ayew (63'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (5'), Robert Huth (7') and Jamie Vardy (38').
Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 11th on 33 points from 28 and Leicester City 15th on 27 points from 27. West Ham United went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Manuel Lanzini of West Ham United (8.7), ahead of Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 5 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 7'Goal · Robert Huth
- 20'Goal · M. Lanzini
- 38'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 56'Yellow card · Danny Drinkwater
- 63'Goal · André Ayew
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, Sam Byram, José Fonte, Winston Reid, Aaron Cresswell, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Pedro Obiang, André Ayew, Manuel Lanzini, Michail Antonio, Andy Carroll
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy