West Ham United 4-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 23 August 2021

Result

West Ham United 4-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Monday 23 August 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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West Ham United 4-1 Leicester City: match report

West Ham United beat Leicester City 4-1 in the Premier League on Monday 23 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pablo Fornals opened the scoring in the 26th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Pablo Fornals (26'), Saïd Benrahma (56'), Michail Antonio (80') and Michail Antonio (84'). Leicester City scored through Youri Tielemans (69').

Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

West Ham United went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

West Ham United 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 Michail Antonio of West Ham United (9.5), ahead of Declan Rice (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Pablo FornalsWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 40'Red card · Ayoze PérezLeicester City
  • 56'Goal · Saïd BenrahmaWest Ham United · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Youri TielemansLeicester City · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Ricardo PereiraLeicester City
  • 80'Goal · Michail AntonioWest Ham United · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Michail AntonioWest Ham United · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 3, draws 3, Leicester City 4.

Team news

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West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimír Coufal, Craig Dawson, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Tomáš Souček, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals, Saïd Benrahma, Michail Antonio

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Ayoze Pérez, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy