English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 16, 2017
Crystal Palace WDDDW 3
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Leicester City DWWWW 0
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CRY213
LEI000
King Power Stadium · 31,081 att.

Match Report

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Christian Benteke strikes as Crystal Palace win at Leicester

Two fine first-half goals laid the foundations for Crystal Palace to win at Leicester and move up to 14th in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
43.9
Possession
56.1
13
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
357
368
Passes
452
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
31
0.4
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
57
18
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
13
25
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
12
35
Clearances
12

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 7Demarai GrayAM
  7. 21Vicente IborraLM
  8. 25Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 1Julian SperoniG
  2. 6Scott DannCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 15Jeff SchluppLB
  5. 34Martin KellyRB
  6. 18James McArthurCM-L
  7. 7Yohan CabayeCM-R
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-L
  11. 17Christian BentekeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 1. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
  2. 40' Goal! Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 2. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
  3. 51' Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 52' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Second yellow card to Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  7. 67' Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Vicente Iborra.
  9. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Marc Albrighton.
  10. 85' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Yohan Cabaye.
  11. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Jamie Vardy.
  12. 86' Danny Simpson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 88' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Christian Benteke.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 3. Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek following a fast break.

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