English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 29, 2017
Everton LDLLL 0
–
Leicester City LDDWW 2
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EVE000
LEI202
King Power Stadium · 31,891 att.

Match Report

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Claude Puel's dream Leicester start adds to Everton woes

Leicester City got the Claude Puel era off to a perfect start with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Everton that deepened the Merseysiders' problems.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
10
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
59.6
Possession
40.4
15
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
214
470
Passes
324
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
27
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
80
32
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
31
25
Clearances
31

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 21Vicente IborraCM-L
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  8. 3Ben ChilwellLM
  9. 7Demarai GrayRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 12Ben HamerSUB
  2. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB
  3. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  4. 10Andy KingSUB
  5. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 19Islam SlimaniSUB

EVE · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 6Phil JagielkaCD-R
  4. 3Leighton BainesLB
  5. 43Jonjoe KennyRB
  6. 17Idrissa GueyeCM-L
  7. 26Tom DaviesCM-R
  8. 11Kevin MirallasLM
  9. 12Aaron LennonRM
  10. 29Dominic Calvert-LewinF
  11. 10Wayne RooneyRCF

Substitutes

  1. 31Ademola LookmanSUB
  2. 2Morgan SchneiderlinSUB
  3. 30Mason HolgateSUB
  4. 18Gylfi SigurdssonSUB
  5. 33Joel RoblesSUB
  6. 19Oumar NiasseSUB
  7. 54Beni BaningimeSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Leicester City 1, Everton 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez following a fast break.
  2. 20' Tom Davies (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Leicester City 2, Everton 0. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
  4. 45' Substitution, Everton. Beni Baningime replaces Aaron Lennon.
  5. 45' Substitution, Everton. Oumar Niasse replaces Kevin Mirallas.
  6. 65' Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 74' Substitution, Everton. Gylfi Sigurdsson replaces Wayne Rooney.
  8. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  9. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Ben Chilwell.
  10. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.

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