English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 16, 2016
Leicester City LDDDW 1
–
Aston Villa DLLDW 1
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LEI101
AVL011
Villa Park · 32,763 att.

Match Report

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Leicester go top despite Aston Villa draw as Riyad Mahrez misses penalty

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
43.5
Possession
56.5
12
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
285
Accurate Passes
388
398
Passes
500
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.2
81
Long Balls
85
39
Accurate Long Balls
53
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
16
33
Clearances
17

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 31Mark BunnG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 43Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaRB
  6. 8Idrissa GueyeCM
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodLM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 27Libor KozákF
  10. 19Jordan AyewLF
  11. 25Carles GilRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Brad GuzanSUB
  2. 9Scott SinclairSUB
  3. 6Ciaran ClarkSUB
  4. 39Rudy GestedeSUB
  5. 18Kieran RichardsonSUB
  6. 38Jordan LydenSUB
  7. 4Micah RichardsSUB

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. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  2. 10Andy KingSUB
  3. 2Ritchie de LaetSUB
  4. 27Marcin WasilewskiSUB
  5. 22Demarai GraySUB
  6. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  7. 33Gökhan InlerSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Mark Bunn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 1. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 32' Aly Cissokho (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 33' Penalty saved! Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  5. 59' Substitution, Leicester City. Ritchie de Laet replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  6. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Carles Gil.
  7. 69' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  8. 75' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 1. Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  9. 76' Robert Huth (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 85' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 85' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  13. 90'+5' Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Sinclair replaces Jordan Ayew.

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