Leicester City v West Ham United, 05 May 2018

Score2-0 to West Ham United
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance32,013
Kick-off: 3.00pm This was West Ham United's first win in their last six visits to Leicester in the Premier League since a 3-1 win at Filbert Street on 22 January 2000.

Goals:

Goals:

João Mário 34 G
Mark Noble 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Yohan Benalouane
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender Harry Maguire
Defender Wes Morgan
Midfielder Adrien Silva
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Fousseni Diabaté
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Midfielder/Forward Riyad Mahrez
Forward Jamie Vardy

Starting lineup:

Adrián Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Pablo Zabaleta Defender
Cheikhou Kouyaté Defender/Midfielder
Arthur Masuaku Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
João Mário Midfielder
Manuel Lanzini Midfielder
Mark Noble Midfielder

Substitutions:

Aleksandar Dragović for Vicente Iborra 46
Demarai Gray for Fousseni Diabaté 61
Kelechi Iheanacho for Hamza Choudhury 61

Substitutions:

Andy Carroll for Manuel Lanzini 75
Edimilson Fernandes for Marko Arnautović 79
Patrice Evra for Arthur Masuaku 90

Cards:

Aleksandar Dragović 64 Y

Cards:

Marko Arnautović 41 Y
Aaron Cresswell 49 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović
Midfielder Sam Hughes
Midfielder George Thomas
Midfielder/Forward Harvey Barnes
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Nathan Trott
Defender Patrice Evra
Midfielder Josh Cullen
Midfielder Pedro Obiang
Forward Andy Carroll
Forward Jordan Hugill

Comments:

League position: 9th Leicester City were now without a win in their last six home games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 2014. The Foxes had now lost four of their last five games in the Premier League; as many as they had lost in their previous 13 games. City had now failed to score in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2017.

Comments:

League position: 15th West Ham United kept their first clean sheet in their last nine away games in the Premier League. They had now scored in their last 11 away league games; their longest such run in the top division since December 1966 (14 games). Only Paolo Di Canio (47) and Carlton Cole (41) had now scored more goals in the Premier League for the Hammers than Mark Noble (37).

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Yohan Benalouane
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender Harry Maguire
Defender Wes Morgan
Midfielder Adrien Silva
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Fousseni Diabaté
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Midfielder/Forward Riyad Mahrez
Forward Jamie Vardy

Substitutions:

Aleksandar Dragović for Vicente Iborra 46
Demarai Gray for Fousseni Diabaté 61
Kelechi Iheanacho for Hamza Choudhury 61

Cards:

Aleksandar Dragović 64 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović
Midfielder Sam Hughes
Midfielder George Thomas
Midfielder/Forward Harvey Barnes
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray

Comments:

League position: 9th Leicester City were now without a win in their last six home games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 2014. The Foxes had now lost four of their last five games in the Premier League; as many as they had lost in their previous 13 games. City had now failed to score in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2017.

Goals:

João Mário 34 G
Mark Noble 64 G

Starting lineup:

Adrián Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Pablo Zabaleta Defender
Cheikhou Kouyaté Defender/Midfielder
Arthur Masuaku Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
João Mário Midfielder
Manuel Lanzini Midfielder
Mark Noble Midfielder

Substitutions:

Andy Carroll for Manuel Lanzini 75
Edimilson Fernandes for Marko Arnautović 79
Patrice Evra for Arthur Masuaku 90

Cards:

Marko Arnautović 41 Y
Aaron Cresswell 49 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Nathan Trott
Defender Patrice Evra
Midfielder Josh Cullen
Midfielder Pedro Obiang
Forward Andy Carroll
Forward Jordan Hugill

Comments:

League position: 15th West Ham United kept their first clean sheet in their last nine away games in the Premier League. They had now scored in their last 11 away league games; their longest such run in the top division since December 1966 (14 games). Only Paolo Di Canio (47) and Carlton Cole (41) had now scored more goals in the Premier League for the Hammers than Mark Noble (37).