English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 9, 2015
Southampton LWLDL 0
–
Leicester City WWWLW 2
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LEI202
King Power Stadium · 31,939 att.

Match Report

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Riyad Mahrez continues Leicester's late charge towards safety

Leicester continued their march towards Premier League survival against Southampton at the King Power Stadium.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
69.2
Possession
30.8
10
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
462
Accurate Passes
148
585
Passes
255
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
3
30
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
83
Long Balls
72
36
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
18
18
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
36
15
Clearances
36

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 14Robert HuthCD
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-L
  4. 27Marcin WasilewskiCD-R
  5. 19Esteban CambiassoCM-L
  6. 8Matty JamesCM-R
  7. 26Riyad MahrezAM
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 23Leonardo UlloaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  2. 7Dean HammondSUB
  3. 40Andrej KramaricSUB
  4. 2Ritchie de LaetSUB
  5. 3Paul KoncheskySUB
  6. 4Danny DrinkwaterSUB
  7. 35David NugentSUB

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Paulo GazzanigaG
  2. 17Toby AlderweireldCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 12Victor WanyamaLM
  8. 28Harrison ReedRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 22Eljero EliaAM-L
  11. 8Steven DavisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  2. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  3. 33Matt TargettSUB
  4. 40Sam GallagherSUB
  5. 5Florin GardosSUB
  6. 15Filip DjuricicSUB
  7. 7Shane LongSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Leicester City 1, Southampton 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa with a headed pass.
  2. 13' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Drinkwater replaces Matthew James because of an injury.
  3. 19' Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  4. 66' Substitution, Southampton. Filip Djuricic replaces Steven Davis.
  5. 66' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Eljero Elia.
  6. 70' Substitution, Leicester City. David Nugent replaces Jamie Vardy.
  7. 78' Substitution, Leicester City. Dean Hammond replaces Leonardo Ulloa because of an injury.
  8. 81' Marcin Wasilewski (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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