English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 20, 2014
Leicester City DLLLL 0
–
West Ham United LWWWD 2
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LEI000
WHU112
Boleyn Ground · 34,977 att.

Match Report

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Andy Carroll lifts West Ham to win over Leicester City

Andy Carroll was on target as West Ham's fourth win in five games ensured Leicester would be bottom of the Barclays Premier League at Christmas.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
9
0
Saves
4
52.2
Possession
47.8
10
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
270
Accurate Passes
250
382
Passes
347
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
78
21
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
52
42
Clearances
52

Head to Head

WHU leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WHU

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 18Carl JenkinsonD
  3. 2Winston ReidD
  4. 5James TomkinsD
  5. 3Aaron CresswellD
  6. 4Kevin NolanM
  7. 30Alex SongM
  8. 8Cheikhou KouyatéM
  9. 11Stewart DowningM
  10. 9Andy CarrollF
  11. 15Diafra SakhoF

LEI · 4-5-1

  1. 12Ben HamerG
  2. 5Wes MorganCD-L
  3. 27Marcin WasilewskiCD-R
  4. 3Paul KoncheskyLB
  5. 17Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 4Danny DrinkwaterCM-L
  7. 10Andy KingCM-R
  8. 19Esteban CambiassoAM
  9. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  10. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! West Ham United 1, Leicester City 0. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 33' Andy King (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! West Ham United 2, Leicester City 0. Stewart Downing (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diafra Sakho with a headed pass.
  5. 61' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Esteban Cambiasso.
  6. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Anthony Knockaert replaces Paul Konchesky.
  7. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. David Nugent replaces Jamie Vardy.
  8. 64' Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, West Ham United. James Collins replaces James Tomkins because of an injury.
  10. 79' Substitution, West Ham United. Enner Valencia replaces Diafra Sakho.
  11. 87' Substitution, West Ham United. Morgan Amalfitano replaces Kevin Nolan.

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