Leicester’s strong away form is helping the team make another impressive start to the English Premier League.
Add a 4-1 win at Leeds on Monday to previous victories on the road against Manchester City, Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion (WBA) this season.
Jamie Vardy helped to create first-half goals for Harvey Barnes and Youri Tielemans before scoring himself in the 76th minute at Elland Road as Leicester climbed to second place – a point behind Liverpool – at the end of the seventh round. Tielemans added a penalty in injury time.
Leicester lost just two of its first 17 games last season and was the closest challenger to eventual champion Liverpool by the midway point, before falling away badly and ultimately missing out on a Champions League qualification place.
Few expected Brendan Rodgers’ side to make a similar fast start this time, especially with injuries depriving them of key players such as Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Ça?lar Söyüncü and, most recently, in-form new signing Thomas Castagne.
In Vardy, though, Leicester has a sniffer of goals who, at 33, isn’t slowing up at all.
Vardy had just left the field after being substituted when Maddison was fouled in the area, allowing Tielemans to take over spot kicks from Vardy and convert into the top corner.
In the other game, Fulham collected its first win of the campaign by beating fellow promoted side West Brom 2-0 to climb out of the bottom three. Bobby De Cordova-Reid nodded in from close range for the opening goal in the 26th minute, and right back Ola Aina popped up on the edge of West Brom’s penalty area and fired a rising shot into the top corner.
Fulham, which came into the game with just one point from six outings on its return to the top division, also collected its first clean sheet as new signings Joachim Andersen and Tosin Adarabioyo paired at center back for the first time.
West Brom is one of three teams still waiting for its first victory of the campaign and dropped to third-to-last place on three points from seven games.
