Everton v Leicester City, 31 January 2018

Score2-1 to Everton
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGoodison Park
Attendance38,390

View Everton v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 7.45pm Leicester City had now won on only one of their last 12 visits to Goodison Park in the Premier League (won four).

2 Everton

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Theo Walcott 25 G
Theo Walcott 39 G

Goals:

Jamie Vardy penalty 71 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Oumar Niasse
Forward Wayne Rooney

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Ben Chilwell Defender
Aleksandar Dragović Defender
Harry Maguire Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Matty James Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Demarai Gray Midfielder/Forward
Shinji Okazaki Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Morgan Schneiderlin for Wayne Rooney 81
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Gylfi Sigurdsson 82
Ashley Williams for Oumar Niasse 88

Substitutions:

Fousseni Diabaté for Shinji Okazaki 58
Christian Fuchs for Daniel Amartey 74
Kelechi Iheanacho for Demarai Gray 75

Cards:

Cards:

Marc Albrighton 90 Y
Wilfred Ndidi 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Ashley Williams
Defender/Midfielder Jonjoe Kenny
Defender/Midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin
Midfielder/Forward Yannick Bolasie
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Cenk Tosun

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Yohan Benalouane
Defender Christian Fuchs
Midfielder Adrien Silva
Midfielder Fousseni Diabaté
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

League position: 9th This was the first time that recent signing Theo Walcott had scored two goals in a Premier League game since October 2016. Seamus Coleman's appearance in this game meant that the Toffees had used 37 different players so far in this season in all competitions, so breaking the club record that had stood since 2009-10. This was manager Sam Allardyce's 1,000th game in charge of an English club (won 389 and lost 348).

Comments:

League position: 8th Leicester City had been unbeaten in their preceding six games in all competitions and had only conceded one goal during that run. The Foxes failed in their attempt to begin a year with four successive clean sheets in the league games for the first time since 1980. Jamie Vardy had now converted nine of his 11 penalties in the Premier League.

2 Everton

Goals:

Theo Walcott 25 G
Theo Walcott 39 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder Phil Jagielka
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Oumar Niasse
Forward Wayne Rooney

Substitutions:

Morgan Schneiderlin for Wayne Rooney 81
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Gylfi Sigurdsson 82
Ashley Williams for Oumar Niasse 88

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Ashley Williams
Defender/Midfielder Jonjoe Kenny
Defender/Midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin
Midfielder/Forward Yannick Bolasie
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Cenk Tosun

Comments:

League position: 9th This was the first time that recent signing Theo Walcott had scored two goals in a Premier League game since October 2016. Seamus Coleman's appearance in this game meant that the Toffees had used 37 different players so far in this season in all competitions, so breaking the club record that had stood since 2009-10. This was manager Sam Allardyce's 1,000th game in charge of an English club (won 389 and lost 348).

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Jamie Vardy penalty 71 P

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Ben Chilwell Defender
Aleksandar Dragović Defender
Harry Maguire Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Matty James Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Demarai Gray Midfielder/Forward
Shinji Okazaki Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Fousseni Diabaté for Shinji Okazaki 58
Christian Fuchs for Daniel Amartey 74
Kelechi Iheanacho for Demarai Gray 75

Cards:

Marc Albrighton 90 Y
Wilfred Ndidi 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Yohan Benalouane
Defender Christian Fuchs
Midfielder Adrien Silva
Midfielder Fousseni Diabaté
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

League position: 8th Leicester City had been unbeaten in their preceding six games in all competitions and had only conceded one goal during that run. The Foxes failed in their attempt to begin a year with four successive clean sheets in the league games for the first time since 1980. Jamie Vardy had now converted nine of his 11 penalties in the Premier League.