Leicester City v Southampton, 03 May 2025

Score2-0 to Leicester City
RefereeDavid Webb
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance31,240
Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 36 Leicester City won: 15 Drawn: 11 Southampton won: 10 Leicester City scored: 63 Southampton scored: 48 . After 21 minutes, referee David Webb was unable to continue due to injury and was replaced by the fourth official Samuel Barrott. . Leicester City had now completed a league double over Southampton in the Premier League for the first time since 1999-2000.

2 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

0 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

Goals:

Jamie Vardy 17 G
Jordan Ayew 44 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Kasey McAteer
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Ryan Manning Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Lesley Ugochukwu Midfielder
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward
Ross Stewart Forward

Substitutions:

Jeremy Monga for Jordan Ayew 70
Jake Evans for Kasey McAteer 84
Boubakary Soumaré for Bilal El Khannous 84
Patson Daka for Jamie Vardy 85
Michael Golding for Oliver Skipp 90+4

Substitutions:

Tyler Dibling for Jack Stephens 46
Paul Onuachu for Ross Stewart 46
Jay Robinson for Kamaldeen Sulemana 57
Will Smallbone for Mateus Fernandes 57
Cameron Archer for Lesley Ugochukwu 79

Cards:

Oliver Skipp 68 Y

Cards:

Kamaldeen Sulemana 52 Y
Lesley Ugochukwu 65 Y
Taylor Harwood-Bellis 75 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Woyo Coulibaly
Defender Caleb Okoli
Midfielder Michael Golding
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Jake Evans
Midfielder/Forward Jeremy Monga
Forward Patson Daka

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Nathan Wood
Defender/Midfielder James Bree
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

Comments:

League position: 19th . Leicester City avoided becoming the first team in the top four divisions to fail to score in ten consecutive home league games since Wolverhampton Wanderers in League Division Two in April 1985. . The Foxes ended their run of 27 consecutive league games without keeping a clean sheet; their longest such sequence since 37 games from February to December in 1957. . They had now scored 900 goals in their 685 games in the Premier League (conceded 1,012).

Comments:

League position: 20th . This result confirmed that Southampton would equal the competition record of finishing bottom of the Premier League for a third time; previously in 2004-05 and 2022-23. . The Saints now remained without a win in their last 12 games in all competitions (lost ten). . They had now lost 20 of their last 25 games in the Premier League (won one).

2 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Goals:

Jamie Vardy 17 G
Jordan Ayew 44 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Kasey McAteer
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Substitutions:

Jeremy Monga for Jordan Ayew 70
Jake Evans for Kasey McAteer 84
Boubakary Soumaré for Bilal El Khannous 84
Patson Daka for Jamie Vardy 85
Michael Golding for Oliver Skipp 90+4

Cards:

Oliver Skipp 68 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Woyo Coulibaly
Defender Caleb Okoli
Midfielder Michael Golding
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Jake Evans
Midfielder/Forward Jeremy Monga
Forward Patson Daka

Comments:

League position: 19th . Leicester City avoided becoming the first team in the top four divisions to fail to score in ten consecutive home league games since Wolverhampton Wanderers in League Division Two in April 1985. . The Foxes ended their run of 27 consecutive league games without keeping a clean sheet; their longest such sequence since 37 games from February to December in 1957. . They had now scored 900 goals in their 685 games in the Premier League (conceded 1,012).

0 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Ryan Manning Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Lesley Ugochukwu Midfielder
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward
Ross Stewart Forward

Substitutions:

Tyler Dibling for Jack Stephens 46
Paul Onuachu for Ross Stewart 46
Jay Robinson for Kamaldeen Sulemana 57
Will Smallbone for Mateus Fernandes 57
Cameron Archer for Lesley Ugochukwu 79

Cards:

Kamaldeen Sulemana 52 Y
Lesley Ugochukwu 65 Y
Taylor Harwood-Bellis 75 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Nathan Wood
Defender/Midfielder James Bree
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

Comments:

League position: 20th . This result confirmed that Southampton would equal the competition record of finishing bottom of the Premier League for a third time; previously in 2004-05 and 2022-23. . The Saints now remained without a win in their last 12 games in all competitions (lost ten). . They had now lost 20 of their last 25 games in the Premier League (won one).