Everton vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Everton 0-2 Leicester: Harvey Barnes added a late second as the Foxes took all three points
A superb goal on the stroke of halftime from Youri Tielemans and a late Harvey Barnes strike gave Leicester City a 2-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park that lifted them out of the Premier League bottom three on Saturday.
The victory moves Leicester, who started the day in 18th spot, up to 13th on 14 points after 14 games, level on points with Everton but two places above them on goal difference.
Seeking to make an impression and perhaps win a spot in England’s World Cup squad, Leicester‘s James Maddison put in a superb attacking display in the first half but could not break the deadlock.
He did manage to tee up Tielemans as the clock ticked towards 45 minutes, and the Belgian took a touch before unleashing a brilliant dipping shot that arched over Jordan Pickford and into the net.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin wasted a great chance to put Everton level early in the second half when Alex Iwobi played him in, but he fired straight into the legs of keeper Danny Ward.
Madison struck the right-hand post with a venomous effort on the hour mark and though he could not get the goal his efforts deserved, he set up Barnes to drill in the second goal in the 86th minute, securing the win
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SAVE! A ball slid through to the edge of the area by Dewsbury-Hall finds Daka in half a yard of space, and the Leicester striker takes the chance to get off a quick shot. However, his effort is scuffed at Pickford, who dives low to get a firm hand behind a routine stop.
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Having created an early opening, in which Maddison was just unable to latch on to a ball zipped across the box, Leicester are the team dominating the ball so far, while Everton are pushed back.
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The visitors kick off, and we are under way at Goodison Park!
Everton vs Leicester City
After a pre-match moment of silence to mark Remembrance Day, which occurs next week, we are just moments away from kick-off.
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As Leicester revert to a four-man defence today, Caglar Soyuncu makes way and Soumare returns to stiffen the visitors' midfield. Meanwhile, Daka replaces Vardy up front. Captain Jonny Evans is not yet able to make his comeback from an injury lay-off and joins long-term absentee Ricardo Pereira on the sidelines.
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Everton make just a single change to the XI which started last week, as McNeil replaces Gordon today. Once again, captain Coleman is preferred to Patterson on the right flank, while Gray lines up against his former club; supporting Calvert-Lewin up front. Yerry Mina, Ben Godfrey and Andros Townsend are all still unavailable.
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SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Jamie Vardy, Ayoze Perez, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Nampalys Mendy, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Thomas.
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