English Premier League

FT Monday, January 1, 2018
Huddersfield Town LWDDD 0
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Leicester City LLDLL 3
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King Power Stadium · 31,748 att.

Match Report

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Leicester City ease to home win over Huddersfield

Riyad Mahrez effort lit up a dull game before Islam Slimani scored his first Premier League goal since April last year.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
48.6
Possession
51.4
6
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
369
Accurate Passes
387
455
Passes
482
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
71
37
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
18
Effective Tackles
9
29
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
43
Effective Clearances
19
43
Clearances
19

Head to Head

LEI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 18Daniel AmarteyRB
  6. 22Matty JamesCM-L
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 19Islam SlimaniCF-L
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  2. 21Vicente IborraSUB
  3. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB
  4. 7Demarai GraySUB
  5. 12Ben HamerSUB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 14Adrien SilvaSUB

HUD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jonas LösslG
  2. 26Christopher SchindlerCD-L
  3. 25Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  4. 15Chris LöweLB
  5. 2Tommy SmithRB
  6. 22Tom InceAM
  7. 10Aaron MooyLM
  8. 19Daniel WilliamsRM
  9. 24Steve MouniéF
  10. 18Joe LolleyAM-L
  11. 17Rajiv van La ParraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Collin QuanerSUB
  2. 33Florent HadergjonajSUB
  3. 14Martin CranieSUB
  4. 3Scott MaloneSUB
  5. 20Laurent DepoitreSUB
  6. 13Joel ColemanSUB
  7. 6Jonathan HoggSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Substitution, Leicester City. Aleksandar Dragovic replaces Wes Morgan because of an injury.
  3. 53' Goal! Leicester City 1, Huddersfield Town 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
  4. 59' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Collin Quaner replaces Joe Lolley.
  5. 60' Goal! Leicester City 2, Huddersfield Town 0. Islam Slimani (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball following a fast break.
  6. 76' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Scott Malone replaces Chris Löwe.
  7. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  8. 82' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Laurent Depoitre replaces Tommy Smith.
  9. 84' Scott Malone (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, Leicester City. Adrien Silva replaces Matty James.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Leicester City 3, Huddersfield Town 0. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.

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