English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 15, 2015
Leicester City DWWWW 2
–
West Ham United DWDLW 1
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LEI202
WHU011
Boleyn Ground · 34,857 att.

Match Report

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Leicester maintain bright start with victory at West Ham United

Leicester maintain bright start with victory at West Ham United

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
3
30.2
Possession
69.8
10
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
157
Accurate Passes
468
242
Passes
553
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
41
0.4
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
91
28
Accurate Long Balls
58
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
12
25
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
17
36
Clearances
22

Head to Head

WHU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WHU · 4-3-3

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  3. 2Winston ReidCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 12Carl JenkinsonRB
  6. 35Reece OxfordCM
  7. 8Cheikhou KouyatéLM
  8. 16Mark NobleRM
  9. 15Diafra SakhoF
  10. 27Dimitri PayetLF
  11. 10Mauro ZárateRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Modibo MaïgaSUB
  2. 1Darren RandolphSUB
  3. 4Kevin NolanSUB
  4. 7Matthew JarvisSUB
  5. 14Pedro ObiangSUB
  6. 5James TomkinsSUB
  7. 28Manuel LanziniSUB

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Wes MorganCD-L
  3. 6Robert HuthCD-R
  4. 15Jeff SchluppLB
  5. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  6. 4Danny DrinkwaterCM-L
  7. 10Andy KingCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-L
  11. 9Jamie VardyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  2. 7Dean HammondSUB
  3. 14N'Golo KantéSUB
  4. 41Jonathan MaddisonSUB
  5. 29Yohan BenalouaneSUB
  6. 19Andrej KramaricSUB
  7. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! West Ham United 0, Leicester City 1. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 38' Goal! West Ham United 0, Leicester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
  4. 40' Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Pedro Obiang replaces Reece Oxford.
  6. 54' Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! West Ham United 1, Leicester City 2. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  8. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. N'Golo Kanté replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  9. 66' Substitution, Leicester City. Yohan Benalouane replaces Ritchie de Laet.
  10. 76' Substitution, West Ham United. Manuel Lanzini replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  11. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  12. 83' Substitution, West Ham United. Modibo Maiga replaces Mauro Zárate.
  13. 88' Yohan Benalouane (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Adrián (West Ham United) is shown the red card.

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