English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 14, 2018
Leicester City DWLWL 1
–
Burnley DWWWW 2
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BUR202
Turf Moor · 21,727 att.

Match Report

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Burnley boost European hopes as Wood, Long strike against Leicester

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
61.3
Possession
38.7
15
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
325
Accurate Passes
171
449
Passes
292
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
9
Accurate Crosses
2
34
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
84
Long Balls
77
29
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
31
18
Clearances
31

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BUR · 4-4-2

  1. 29Nick PopeG
  2. 5James TarkowskiCD-L
  3. 28Kevin LongCD-R
  4. 23Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 18Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  7. 4Jack CorkCM-R
  8. 17Jóhann GudmundssonLM
  9. 25Aaron LennonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 10Ashley BarnesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Dean MarneySUB
  2. 26Phil BardsleySUB
  3. 13Jeff HendrickSUB
  4. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  5. 9Sam VokesSUB
  6. 3Charlie TaylorSUB
  7. 21Nahki WellsSUB

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 14Adrien SilvaCM-L
  7. 38Hamza ChoudhuryCM-R
  8. 7Demarai GrayLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 33Fousseni DiabateSUB
  2. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  3. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  4. 32Harvey BarnesSUB
  5. 12Ben HamerSUB
  6. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB
  7. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Burnley 1, Leicester City 0. Chris Wood (Burnley) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal.
  2. 9' Goal! Burnley 2, Leicester City 0. Kevin Long (Burnley) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  4. 64' Substitution, Leicester City. Fousseni Diabaté replaces Demarai Gray.
  5. 65' Aaron Lennon (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Goal! Burnley 2, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho following a fast break.
  7. 75' Substitution, Burnley. Jeff Hendrick replaces Chris Wood.
  8. 81' Ashley Barnes (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 85' Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Ashley Barnes.
  10. 86' Substitution, Leicester City. Ben Hamer replaces Kasper Schmeichel because of an injury.
  11. 87' Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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