English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 24, 2015
Crystal Palace LWWWL 0
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Leicester City DWLWD 1
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King Power Stadium · 31,752 att.

Match Report

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Jamie Vardy scores again as Leicester beat Crystal Palace

Jamie Vardy scored the only goal of the game and created a little piece of history in the process as Leicester edged to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
52.3
Possession
47.7
9
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
327
456
Passes
426
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
78
Long Balls
81
38
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
15
15
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
30
14
Clearances
38

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  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. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  2. 2Ritchie de LaetSUB
  3. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  4. 19Andrej KramaricSUB
  5. 33Gökhan InlerSUB
  6. 24Nathan DyerSUB
  7. 10Andy KingSUB

CRY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 4Brede HangelandCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 34Martin KellyLB
  5. 3Adrian MariappaRB
  6. 42Jason PuncheonAM
  7. 18James McArthurLM
  8. 7Yohan CabayeRM
  9. 9Fraizer CampbellF
  10. 10Yannick BolasieAM-L
  11. 26Bakary SakoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Mile JedinakSUB
  2. 27Damien DelaneySUB
  3. 11Wilfried ZahaSUB
  4. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  5. 8Patrick BamfordSUB
  6. 28Joe LedleySUB
  7. 22Jordon MutchSUB

Timeline

  1. 57' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Patrick Bamford replaces Fraizer Campbell.
  2. 59' Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.
  3. 63' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Marc Albrighton.
  4. 65' Danny Simpson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha replaces Jason Puncheon.
  7. 76' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Mile Jedinak replaces Adrian Mariappa.
  8. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Nathan Dyer replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  9. 87' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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