English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 10, 2016
Leicester City DWWWW 2
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Sunderland LDDDD 0
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Stadium of Light · 46,531 att.

Match Report

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Leaders Leicester win again as Jamie Vardy goals sink Sunderland

Leicester went seven points clear of Tottenham with a massive 2-0 win over Sunderland on Sunday, thanks to goals from Jamie Vardy.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
5
55.2
Possession
44.8
16
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
229
408
Passes
339
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.3
79
Long Balls
71
33
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
6
20
Effective Tackles
26
24
Tackles
35
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
47
36
Clearances
66

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 23Lamine KonéCD-R
  4. 27Jan KirchhoffDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 24DeAndre YedlinRB
  7. 6Lee CattermoleCM-L
  8. 21Yann M'vilaCM-R
  9. 22Wahbi KhazriLM
  10. 9Fabio BoriniRM
  11. 18Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 17Jeremain LensSUB
  2. 8Jack RodwellSUB
  3. 10Dame N'DoyeSUB
  4. 13Jordan PickfordSUB
  5. 16John O'SheaSUB
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonSUB
  7. 2Billy JonesSUB

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. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Demarai GraySUB
  2. 10Andy KingSUB
  3. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  4. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  5. 30Ben ChilwellSUB
  6. 13Daniel AmarteySUB
  7. 24Nathan DyerSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Fabio Borini (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  4. 66' Goal! Sunderland 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
  5. 68' Substitution, Sunderland. Dame N'Doye replaces Wahbi Khazri.
  6. 68' Substitution, Sunderland. Jack Rodwell replaces Yann M'Vila.
  7. 76' Substitution, Sunderland. Jeremain Lens replaces Fabio Borini.
  8. 81' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  9. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Marc Albrighton.
  10. 90'+5' Goal! Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Demarai Gray.

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