English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 5, 2015
Leicester City LWWWD 3
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Swansea City WLLDL 0
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LEI213
SWA000
Swansea.com Stadium · 20,836 att.

Match Report

AFP PHOTO / GEOFF CADDICK

Riyad Mahrez hat trick puts Leicester top as Jamie Vardy's streak ends

Leicester returned to the top of the Premier League with a handsome 3-0 victory at Swansea -- and this time they didn't even need Jamie Vardy to score

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
3
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
41
Possession
59
16
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
447
386
Passes
543
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
13
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
60
31
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
0
17
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
27
22
Clearances
31

Head to Head

SWA leads series 3-2

Lineups

SWA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 27Kyle BartleyCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 26Kyle NaughtonRB
  6. 23Gylfi SigurdssonAM
  7. 4Ki Sung-YuengLM
  8. 7Leon BrittonRM
  9. 18Bafetimbi GomisF
  10. 10André AyewAM-L
  11. 15Wayne RoutledgeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Kristoffer NordfeldtSUB
  2. 20Jefferson MonteroSUB
  3. 24Jack CorkSUB
  4. 22Angel RangelSUB
  5. 33Federico FernándezSUB
  6. 11Marvin EmnesSUB
  7. 58Modou BarrowSUB

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. 23Leonardo UlloaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Yohan BenalouaneSUB
  2. 15Jeff SchluppSUB
  3. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  4. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  5. 27Marcin WasilewskiSUB
  6. 33Gökhan InlerSUB
  7. 10Andy KingSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
  2. 22' Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté with a through ball.
  3. 23' N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Swansea City. Jefferson Montero replaces Wayne Routledge.
  5. 47' Leon Britton (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 63' Substitution, Swansea City. Modou Barrow replaces Leon Britton.
  7. 67' Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 3. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  8. 70' Danny Simpson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Swansea City. Jack Cork replaces Ki Sung-yueng.
  11. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Leonardo Ulloa.
  12. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  13. 90'+1' Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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