Top Premier League Goalscorers: Jamie Vardy, Part II

Vardy is the Football Club’s leading Premier League goalscorer, with 99 to his name, and currently tops the division’s charts in 2019/20 after netting 19 goals in 26 appearances.

His second hat-trick for the Foxes came in the emphatic, record-breaking 9-0 win at Southampton in October, but it is his first treble where we pick up where we left off.

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Vardy waits for his hat-trick goal to be confirmed, eventually making it 4-0.

Leicester City 4 Manchester City 2
King Power Stadium
Saturday 10 December, 2016

Having already scored twice in 18 first half minutes against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, Vardy completed his maiden hat-trick for the Club in typical instinctive style. Vardy intercepted a back pass from John Stones, before shimmying past Claudio Bravo and rolling the ball over the line, via the post, from the tightest of angles. After confirmation of the goal, thanks to goal line technology, Vardy invited his team-mates over to the corner of the pitch to celebrate City taking a stunning 4-0 lead.

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Leicester's first match under Craig Shakespeare ended in a 3-1 win, with Vardy scoring twice.

Leicester City 3 Liverpool 1
King Power Stadium
Monday 27 February, 2017

After Craig Shakespeare was named as the Club’s interim manager following the departure of Claudio Ranieri, his first challenge action was to guide Leicester City to a 3-1 victory over Liverpool on Filbert Way. Vardy scored twice that evening, including his first Premier League goal of 2017 to open the scoring. He latched onto Marc Albrighton’s brilliant pass and beat Simon Mignolet before wheeling away, both fists clenched, in an expression of delight. His second of the game, a header, made it 3-0, as City moved out of the relegation zone. 

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Vardy bagged a double on the opening day of the 2017/18 Premier League campaign at Arsenal.

Arsenal 4 Leicester City 3
Emirates Stadium
Friday 11 August, 2017

During Shakespeare’s first match as permanent City manager, his side fell to a 4-3 defeat by Arsenal, but the spirit they displayed was on show in London – as was Vardy’s goalscoring prowess. The City No.9 bagged a brace at Emirates Stadium, with his second – a header – putting his side into a 3-2 lead before Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored late on to win it for the hosts.

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Vardy was on target during Claude Puel's first match as City manager.

Leicester City 2 Everton 0
King Power Stadium
Saturday 29 October, 2017

Frenchman Claude Puel’s first game in charge of the Foxes resulted in a 2-0 victory over Everton, with Vardy scoring Leicester’s first at King Power Stadium. A superb run from Demarai Gray saw him find Riyad Mahrez, who delivered back across the face of goal into the path of Vardy, whose close-range finish sent City on their way to a maiden win under Puel.

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Vardy points to the King Power Stadium crowd after lobbing Hugo Lloris.

Leicester City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
King Power Stadium
Tuesday 28 November, 2017

Perhaps one of Vardy’s best goals in Leicester City colours came in late November 2017 against Tottenham Hotspur. Combining once again with Albrighton, Vardy’s excellent, first-time lob over Hugo Lloris came after just 13 minutes, while Mahrez made it 2-0 on the stroke of half-time as Leicester secured a 2-1 success against Spurs.

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Vardy has a brilliant goalscoring record against West Brom at the Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion 1 Leicester City 4
The Hawthorns
Saturday 10 March, 2018

Another Vardy stunner arrived in March 2018 at the Hawthorns, where he netted for a fourth-straight game for the Foxes. His first-time volley from a Mahrez pass earned him the Premier League Goal of the Month award, while he picked up Leicester City’s Goal of the Season award for 2017/18, as voted for by the Blue Army.

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The Foxes striker was on target at King Power Stadium in the 3-1 win over Arsenal.

Leicester City 3 Arsenal 1
King Power Stadium
Wednesday 9 May, 2018

The Foxes’ first Premier League victory over Arsenal since 1994 saw Vardy on target from the spot in a convincing 3-1 success on Filbert Way. Kelechi Iheanacho had earlier given City the lead, only for his goal to be cancelled out by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but Vardy’s spot-kick 14 minutes from time and Mahrez’s 90th-minute effort won it for the hosts against the 10-man Gunners.

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Vardy scored twice at Wembley Stadium during the 5-4 loss to Tottenham.

Tottenham Hotspur 5 Leicester City 4
Wembley Stadium
Sunday 13 May, 2018

City’s final match of the 2017/18 season produced a nine-goal thriller, with Vardy scoring twice in the capital. His second of the afternoon saw him break the offside trap before rifling an unstoppable left-footed effort into the roof of the net past Lloris. It proved to be Vardy’s 20th Premier League goal of the campaign, and while he made it 4-4, Tottenham claimed all three points thanks to Harry Kane.

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The City frontman came off the bench in the second half to secure a 1-1 draw from the spot.

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Leicester City 1
AMEX Stadium
Saturday 24 November, 2018

City’s 1-1 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion in November 2018 came courtesy of Vardy’s penalty in the pouring rain on the south coast. After James Maddison’s dismissal, Vardy cancelled out Glenn Murray’s early strike to secure a point before showing his emotion by celebrating wildly in front of the travelling Foxes fans.

Thirty-four to 66 of Jamie Vardy’s Premier League goals