Arsenal vs Leicester

Premier League · Round 1 · Fri 11 Aug 2017, 19:45

43 Full time

Leicester

Leicester
Shinji Okazaki 5'
Jamie Vardy 29', 56'

Arsenal beat Leicester 4–3 on 11 August 2017 (Premier League 2017-2018, Round 1). Goals – Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette 2', Danny Welbeck 45+2', Aaron Ramsey 83', Olivier Giroud 85'; Leicester: Shinji Okazaki 5', Jamie Vardy 29', 56'. In 26 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Arsenal have won 17, Leicester 4 and 5 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

2' Alexandre Lacazette Arsenal · assist Mohamed Elneny 1–0
5' Shinji Okazaki Leicester · assist Harry Maguire 1–1
29' Jamie Vardy Leicester · assist Marc Albrighton 1–2
45+2' Danny Welbeck Arsenal · assist Sead Kolasinac 2–2
Half time · 2–2
56' Jamie Vardy Leicester · assist Riyad Mahrez 2–3
83' Aaron Ramsey Arsenal · assist Granit Xhaka 3–3
85' Olivier Giroud Arsenal · assist Granit Xhaka 4–3
Full time · 4–3

Lineups

Arsenal

Substitutes used

Aaron Ramsey for Mohamed Elneny 67'
Olivier Giroud for Rob Holding 67'
Theo Walcott for Danny Welbeck 75'

Unused

Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi, Shkodran Mustafi, David Ospina

Leicester

Substitutes used

Daniel Amartey for Shinji Okazaki 72'
Kelechi Iheanacho for Matthew James 82'
Demarai Gray for Marc Albrighton 88'

Unused

Ben Chilwell, Ben Hamer, Andy King, Islam Slimani

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head

17Arsenal wins5Draws4Leicester wins

26 meetings · goals Arsenal 54–28 Leicester

Previous meetings

26 Apr 2017 Arsenal

1–0FT · 19:45Leicester

20 Aug 2016 Leicester0–0FT · 17:30

Arsenal

14 Feb 2016 Arsenal

2–1FT · 12:00Leicester

26 Sep 2015 Leicester2–5FT · 15:00

Arsenal

10 Feb 2015 Arsenal

2–1FT · 19:45Leicester

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2017-2018

Full table

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
6	Arsenal	38	19	6	13	+23	63
9	Leicester	38	12	11	15	−4	47

Top scorers 2017-2018

All scorers

Arsenal

Leicester