English Premier League

FT Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Liverpool LWWLD 0
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Leicester City DWDLW 2
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King Power Stadium · 32,121 att.

Match Report

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Jamie Vardy stunner helps Leicester beat Liverpool to stay top

Jamie Vardy's stunning strike helped Leicester to a 2-0 win over Liverpool which keeps them top of the Premier League.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
12
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
63.9
Possession
36.1
14
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
207
566
Passes
325
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
80
Long Balls
77
38
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
3
23
Effective Tackles
10
30
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
31
29
Clearances
39

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Robert HuthCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 17Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 14N'Golo KantéCM-L
  7. 4Danny DrinkwaterCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  2. 10Andy KingSUB
  3. 24Nathan DyerSUB
  4. 27Marcin WasilewskiSUB
  5. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  6. 22Demarai GraySUB
  7. 30Ben ChilwellSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 20Adam LallanaAM
  7. 23Emre CanLM
  8. 21Lucas LeivaRM
  9. 11Roberto FirminoF
  10. 7James MilnerAM-L
  11. 14Jordan HendersonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 38Jon FlanaganSUB
  2. 24Joe AllenSUB
  3. 52Danny WardSUB
  4. 9Christian BentekeSUB
  5. 53João Carlos TeixeiraSUB
  6. 4Kolo TouréSUB
  7. 33Jordon IbeSUB

Timeline

  1. 60' Goal! Leicester City 1, Liverpool 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
  2. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Christian Benteke replaces Jordan Henderson.
  3. 71' Goal! Leicester City 2, Liverpool 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  4. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces Emre Can.
  5. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  6. 86' Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  8. 87' Substitution, Liverpool. João Teixeira replaces Roberto Firmino.
  9. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Riyad Mahrez.

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