English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 8, 2015
Sunderland LLWLW 2
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Leicester City WDWWW 4
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LEI314
King Power Stadium · 32,242 att.

Match Report

AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

Riyad Mahrez stars as Leicester stun Sunderland in dream start for Ranieri

Mahrez's double and Jamie Vardy's opener earned the Foxes an easy 4-2 win over the wretched Black Cats.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
56
Possession
44
11
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
347
Accurate Passes
250
442
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
9
20
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.4
63
Long Balls
69
32
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
19
14
Clearances
21

Head to Head

SUN leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

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. 26Riyad MahrezLM
  9. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-R

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 22Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 6Lee CattermoleDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 2Billy JonesRB
  7. 8Jack RodwellCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 17Jeremain LensLM
  10. 11Adam JohnsonRM
  11. 18Jermain DefoeF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 17' Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 18' Goal! Leicester City 2, Sunderland 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
  4. 25' Goal! Leicester City 3, Sunderland 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 30' Substitution, Sunderland. Steven Fletcher replaces Lee Cattermole.
  6. 42' Billy Jones (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 49' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 54' Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Matthews replaces Billy Jones.
  9. 60' Goal! Leicester City 3, Sunderland 1. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Johnson with a through ball.
  10. 66' Goal! Leicester City 4, Sunderland 1. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 71' Goal! Leicester City 4, Sunderland 2. Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremain Lens.
  12. 73' Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Yohan Benalouane replaces Ritchie de Laet because of an injury.
  14. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  15. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. N'Golo Kanté replaces Jamie Vardy.
  16. 85' Sebastián Coates (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+1' Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

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