Leicester fought back in the pouring rain to draw 1-1 with Everton on Saturday, as neither team have their first win of the season.
Iliman Ndiaye gave Everton the lead with a fine individual goal in the first half, then the start of the second half was delayed due to heavy rain causing issues with the pitch.
Leicester were much better in the second half and Stephy Mavididi finished from close range to grab a point for the Foxes.
With the draw Leicester now have three points on the board and have drawn three of their five games back in the top-flight. Everton have picked up their first point of the season, but Sean Dyche’s side coughed up yet another lead.
Ndiaye the main hope for Everton
It has been an ugly, disappointing start to the season for Everton but Iliman Ndiaye has enjoyed a wonderful start to life as a Toffee. The Senegalese playmaker arrived from Marseille this summer with big expectations and he’s lived up to them already. He now has his first goal for Everton and it was a beauty as he played a great give-and-go with Ashley Young and somehow squeezed it home. He nearly scored another superb solo goal in the second half and his elegance and quality on the ball will be crucial for Everton in their scrap against relegation. Ndiaye has the ability to pick out Calvert-Lewin and McNeil around him and that trio combined well, especially during the first half, as Everton got themselves into a good position. They couldn’t hold on for their first win of the season but Ndiaye proved that the Toffees have plenty of quality to drag themselves out of this sticky situation.
Leicester vs Everton player ratings
Via our friends at FotMob.com you can see Leicester’s goalscorer Mavididi had a great outing. He was a constant threat down the left. It was a tale of brilliant left wingers as Ndiaye stood tall for Everton and looks like being their main attacking hope.
What’s next?
Leicester head to Arsenal on Saturday, September 28. Everton host Crystal Palace on the same day.
How to watch Leicester vs Everton live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 10am ET Saturday (September 21)
Venue: King Power Stadium
TV Channel: Peacock Premium
Streaming: Premier League on Peacock
Leicester vs Everton final score: 1-1
Mavididi 74'; Ndiaye 12'
Leicester vs Everton live updates! - By Joe Prince-Wright
Full time: Leicester 1-1 Everton
A fair result. That was a real slog in the rainy conditions and Leicester fought back well, but Everton will be kicking themselves.
There is the equalizer! Leicester 1-1 Everton
That was coming. A corner from the left is flicked on and the ball drops to Mavididi and he bundles it home. The home fans go wild. Game on with just over 15 minutes to go! This is set up perfectly now.
Calvert-Lewin denied; Okoli heads over at the back post
A short corner is played to Mavididi and his cross finds Okoli at the back post, but he heads over. Just before that Calvert-Lewin had a low shot pushed away by Hermansen.
Leicester having a real go now
The Foxes are taking plenty of chances and pouring (no pun intended) forward whenever they get the opportunity to. Everton’s injury-hit and depleted squad are having to dig really deep here.
Ayew hooks just over
Leicester are trying to get level and that is about as close as they’ve come. A cross into the box finds Ayew and he hooks his effort just over the bar.
Ndiaye lifts a shot over the bar after some lovely skill
That was so close to a wonderful individual goal. Ndiaye wriggles past multiple Leicester players but lifts his shot over the bar.
Back underway at Leicester
The players are back out and we are underway at Leicester. It was just over 20 minutes for that extended interval.
Second half delayed due to ‘adverse weather’
In other words the start of the second half is delayed because it is absolutely pelting it down, still, in Leicester. The rain has been torrential for a long time now and the staff are out on the pitch making some improvements and trying to get some of the water off for the second half. We will be back underway very shortly as the teams are out.
Half time: Leicester 0-1 Everton
It’s half time at a rain-soaked King Power Stadium and Everton lead. They’ve looked sharp in attack and Leicester have yet to get going.
Pickford somehow keeps it just out
Mavididi shanks a cross and it almost sneaks in at the near post. Pickford pushes it against the post and then Vardy is sniffing around and Pickford comically jumps to keep the ball from crossing the line. That was chaos. By the way, the rain keeps pouring. Sean Dyche is out there on the sidelines and looks like he loves it.
Vardy down with an injury in the pouring rain
The rain is hammering down in Leicester and Vardy is down with an injury. It looked like he twisted his ankle in the turf as the ball was played in to him.
Calvert-Lewin, Lindstrom denied
Everton are looking lively in the final third and Calvert-Lewin has a shot blocked and Lindstrom then forces Hermansen into a save.
Everton take an early lead! - Leicester 0-1 Everton
What a lovely finish that is from Iliman Ndiaye. The ball is played in to him by Ashley Young on the edge of the box and he dribbles past two defenders and squeezes the ball home. The away fans go wild. What a start for Everton.
Leicester lineup
Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Winks, Ndidi; Ayew, El Khannous, Mavididi; Vardy
Everton lineup
Pickford; Garner, Tarkowski, Keane, Young; Mangala, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Ndiaye; McNeil; Calvert-Lewin
Leicester focus, team news
The Foxes will be without forward Patson Daka so Jamie Vardy, 37 years old, will continue to lead the line and he was a real menace against Palace last time out as he has two goals in his first four games back in the Premier League. Wilfred Ndidi was also superb against Palace, bagging two assists, and Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu are also big threats going forward out wide.
OUT: Patson Daka (ankle), Jakub Stolarczyk (ankle)
Everton focus, team news
The Toffees have a host of injury issues, as Dyche had plenty of youngsters involved in the midweek League Cup defeat to Southampton. The likes of Calvert-Lewin, Pickford, Tarkowski and Ndiaye were all rested for the midweek defeat and are expected to come back into the starting lineup. The Toffees just have to stop conceding and they are creating plenty of chances on the counter but have been guilty of not being clinical enough. That is something they’ve struggled with for a very long time.
OUT: Jarrad Branthwaite (groin), Armando Broja (calf), Youssef Chermiti (ankle), Dele Alli (groin), Seamus Coleman (calf), Idrissa Gana Gueye (personal) | QUESTIONABLE: Nathan Patterson (thigh), James Garner (illness), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (illness), James Tarkowski (lower back), Vitalii Mykolenko (illness)
Leicester vs Everton prediction
This feels like it will be a bit chaotic and Leicester will go into this game with more confidence and this is a game they have to win if they’re going to stay up this season. Go for a home win as the Foxes look sharp in attack, especially on the counter. Leicester 2-0 Everton.
Leicester vs Everton preview
The Foxes have looked okay on their return to the Premier League and they were so close to victory last time out but coughed up a 2-0 lead at Crystal Palace. They gave away a penalty kick in second half stoppage time to drop two points. Steve Cooper has made Leicester more pragmatic compared to their swashbuckling style in the Championship last season, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing as all of their games so far this season have been extremely tight.
The same cannot be said for Everton, who have lost four games to start the season and have conceded 13 goals in the process. That is very unlike a Sean Dyche side and the way they’ve collapsed in back-to-back games after being 2-0 up to lose both 3-2 has been catastrophic for confidence levels. The pressure is mounting on Dyche as Everton’s ownership situation is still bubbling away in the background as they hope to have a new owner by the end of 2024 to remove the constant limbo they’re currently in.