English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 31, 2018
Leicester City WDDWL 2
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWLL 0
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American Express Stadium · 30,629 att.

Match Report

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Leicester leave it late through Vicente Iborra and Jamie Vardy to see off Brighton

Vicente Iborra and Jamie Vardy scored late goals as Leicester dented Brighton's Premier League survival hopes with a 2-0 win at the Amex Stadium.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
1
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
53.6
Possession
46.4
6
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
340
Accurate Passes
273
448
Passes
374
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
70
22
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
21
29
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 24Davy PropperDM
  5. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  6. 21Ezequiel SchelottoRB
  7. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  8. 13Pascal GrossCM-R
  9. 19José IzquierdoLM
  10. 25Jürgen LocadiaRM
  11. 17Glenn MurrayF

Substitutes

  1. 18Connor GoldsonSUB
  2. 29Markus SuttnerSUB
  3. 9Sam BaldockSUB
  4. 2BrunoSUB
  5. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  6. 26Tim KrulSUB
  7. 20Solly MarchSUB

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 21Vicente IborraCM-L
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 7Demarai GraySUB
  2. 17Eldin JakupovicSUB
  3. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  4. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  5. 33Fousseni DiabateSUB
  6. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB
  7. 14Adrien SilvaSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Substitution, Leicester City. Fousseni Diabaté replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  4. 63' Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Danny Simpson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Beram Kayal (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jürgen Locadia.
  9. 77' Penalty saved! Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  10. 79' Gaëtan Bong (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  12. 83' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Leicester City 1. Vicente Iborra (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a cross following a set piece situation.
  13. 84' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Sam Baldock replaces Beram Kayal.
  14. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  15. 87' Second yellow card to Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+6' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray following a fast break.

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