English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 24, 2016
Swansea City LWDWL 0
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Leicester City WWWWD 4
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King Power Stadium · 31,962 att.

Match Report

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Leicester thrash Swansea to go eight points clear in the Premier League

Leicester City moved eight points clear at the top of the table with a comfortable 4-0 win at home to Swansea City.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
61.7
Possession
38.3
9
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
520
Accurate Passes
289
623
Passes
392
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
67
32
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
23
Effective Tackles
22
28
Tackles
30
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
21
19
Clearances
25

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Robert HuthCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 17Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 4Danny DrinkwaterCM-L
  7. 14N'Golo KantéCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-L
  11. 23Leonardo UlloaCF-R

SWA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 33Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 7Leon BrittonDM
  5. 3Neil TaylorLB
  6. 22Angel RangelRB
  7. 8Leroy FerCM-L
  8. 24Jack CorkCM-R
  9. 15Wayne RoutledgeLM
  10. 10André AyewRM
  11. 23Gylfi SigurdssonF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Leicester City 1, Swansea City 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 30' Goal! Leicester City 2, Swansea City 0. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 45' Substitution, Swansea City. Alberto Paloschi replaces Leroy Fer.
  4. 45' Substitution, Swansea City. Jefferson Montero replaces Wayne Routledge.
  5. 60' Goal! Leicester City 3, Swansea City 0. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeffrey Schlupp.
  6. 63' Federico Fernández (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Ashley Williams (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  9. 76' Substitution, Swansea City. Ki Sung-yueng replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson.
  10. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Leonardo Ulloa because of an injury.
  11. 81' Robert Huth (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  13. 85' Goal! Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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