Leicester City v Arsenal, 15 February 2025

Score2-0 to Arsenal
RefereeSam Barrott
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance31,968

View Leicester City v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 36 Leicester City won: 5 Drawn: 8 Arsenal won: 23 Leicester City scored: 37 Arsenal scored: 76 . Arsenal had now won seven consecutive meetings with Leicester City in all competitions for the first time.

0 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Goals:

Mikel Merino 81 G
Mikel Merino 87 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Victor Kristiansen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Myles Lewis-Skelly Defender/Midfielder
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Leandro Trossard Midfielder
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Woyo Coulibaly for James Justin 43
Stephy Mavididi for Jordan Ayew 75
Facundo Buonanotte for Bobby Decordova-Reid 85
Patson Daka for Wilfred Ndidi 85

Substitutions:

Mikel Merino for Raheem Sterling 69
Riccardo Calafiori for Myles Lewis-Skelly 76
Jorginho for Thomas Partey 76
Kieran Tierney for Leandro Trossard 89

Cards:

Bilal El Khannous 46 Y
Jordan Ayew 57 Y

Cards:

Jorginho 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk
Defender Woyo Coulibaly
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Stephy Mavididi
Forward Patson Daka

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Riccardo Calafiori
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino

Comments:

League position: 19th . Leicester City had now become the fourth team to lose five consecutive home games in a season in the top division without scoring; previously Sheffield Wednesday in April 1920, Birmingham in February 1922 and Norwich City in July 2020. . The Foxes had now equalled their club record of five consecutive home league defeats; previously in March 1959 in League Division One. . City had now lost nine of their last ten games in the Premier League (won one).

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal had now taken 102 points from their 43 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2024. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, they were now unbeaten in their last 50 games in all competitions when they scored since at Fulham in the Premier League on 31 December 2023 (won 39). . Mikel Merino became the first substitute to score the Gunners' first two goals in a game in the Premier League since Cesc Fàbregas in a 3-0 win against Aston Villa on 27 December 2009. [c/o Harvey Downes]

0 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Victor Kristiansen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Substitutions:

Woyo Coulibaly for James Justin 43
Stephy Mavididi for Jordan Ayew 75
Facundo Buonanotte for Bobby Decordova-Reid 85
Patson Daka for Wilfred Ndidi 85

Cards:

Bilal El Khannous 46 Y
Jordan Ayew 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk
Defender Woyo Coulibaly
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Stephy Mavididi
Forward Patson Daka

Comments:

League position: 19th . Leicester City had now become the fourth team to lose five consecutive home games in a season in the top division without scoring; previously Sheffield Wednesday in April 1920, Birmingham in February 1922 and Norwich City in July 2020. . The Foxes had now equalled their club record of five consecutive home league defeats; previously in March 1959 in League Division One. . City had now lost nine of their last ten games in the Premier League (won one).

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Mikel Merino 81 G
Mikel Merino 87 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Myles Lewis-Skelly Defender/Midfielder
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Leandro Trossard Midfielder
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Mikel Merino for Raheem Sterling 69
Riccardo Calafiori for Myles Lewis-Skelly 76
Jorginho for Thomas Partey 76
Kieran Tierney for Leandro Trossard 89

Cards:

Jorginho 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Riccardo Calafiori
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal had now taken 102 points from their 43 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2024. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, they were now unbeaten in their last 50 games in all competitions when they scored since at Fulham in the Premier League on 31 December 2023 (won 39). . Mikel Merino became the first substitute to score the Gunners' first two goals in a game in the Premier League since Cesc Fàbregas in a 3-0 win against Aston Villa on 27 December 2009. [c/o Harvey Downes]