Season 2026-27

Arsenal vs Leicester

Premier League · Round 2 · Sat 13 Aug 2022, 15:00

Arsenal
42 Full time
Leicester

Arsenal beat Leicester 4–2 on 13 August 2022 (Premier League 2022-2023, Round 2). Goals – Arsenal: Gabriel Jesus 23', 35', Granit Xhaka 55', Gabriel Martinelli 75'; Leicester: William Saliba 53' (og), James Maddison 74'. In 26 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Arsenal have won 17, Leicester 4 and 5 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 23' Gabriel Jesus Arsenal · assist Granit Xhaka 1–0
  2. 35' Gabriel Jesus Arsenal 2–0
  3. Half time · 2–0
  4. 53' William Saliba Leicester · Own goal 2–1
  5. 55' Granit Xhaka Arsenal · assist Gabriel Jesus 3–1
  6. 74' James Maddison Leicester · assist Kelechi Iheanacho 3–2
  7. 75' Gabriel Martinelli Arsenal · assist Gabriel Jesus 4–2
  8. Full time · 4–2

Lineups

Arsenal

  1. 1 Aaron Ramsdale
  2. 4 Ben White
  3. 12 William Saliba
  4. 6 Gabriel
  5. 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko
  6. 5 Thomas Partey
  7. 34 Granit Xhaka
  8. 7 Bukayo Saka
  9. 8 Martin Odegaard (c)
  10. 11 Gabriel Martinelli
  11. 9 Gabriel Jesus

Substitutes used

Unused

Mohamed Elneny, Rob Holding, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Matt Turner, Nicolas Pepe

Leicester

  1. 1 Danny Ward
  2. 3 Wesley Fofana
  3. 6 Jonny Evans (c)
  4. 18 Daniel Amartey
  5. 27 Timothy Castagne
  6. 8 Youri Tielemans
  7. 25 Wilfred Ndidi
  8. 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
  9. 2 James Justin
  10. 10 James Maddison
  11. 9 Jamie Vardy

Substitutes used

Unused

Marc Albrighton, Daniel Iversen, Nampalys Mendy, Ayoze Perez, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas

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

13 Mar 2022 Arsenal2–0FT · 16:30Leicester
30 Oct 2021 Leicester0–2FT · 11:30Arsenal
28 Feb 2021 Leicester1–3FT · 12:00Arsenal
25 Oct 2020 Arsenal0–1FT · 20:15Leicester
7 Jul 2020 Arsenal1–1FT · 20:15Leicester

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2022-2023

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 +45 84
18 Leicester 38 9 7 22 −17 34

Top scorers 2022-2023

All scorers

Arsenal

  1. Gabriel Martinelli 15
  2. Martin Odegaard 15
  3. Bukayo Saka 14

Leicester

  1. Harvey Barnes 13
  2. James Maddison 10
  3. Kelechi Iheanacho 5