English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 21, 2017
Leicester City DWLDD 2
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Swansea City DWLLW 1
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LEI112
SWA011
Swansea.com Stadium · 20,521 att.

Match Report

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Leicester beat Swansea with Michael Appleton in dugout

Leicester climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone as the post-Craig Shakespeare era began with a 2-1 win at Swansea.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
5
44.2
Possession
55.8
11
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
276
Accurate Passes
379
381
Passes
463
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
11
17
Crosses
35
0.2
Cross %
0.3
86
Long Balls
60
34
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
16
Effective Tackles
12
23
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
21
29
Clearances
21

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-1

Lineups

SWA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Alfie MawsonCD-L
  3. 33Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 16Martin OlssonLB
  5. 26Kyle NaughtonRB
  6. 7Leon BrittonCM
  7. 14Thomas CarrollLM
  8. 35Renato SanchesRM
  9. 10Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 18Jordan AyewLF
  11. 11Luciano NarsinghRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Mike van der HoornSUB
  2. 13Kristoffer NordfeldtSUB
  3. 15Wayne RoutledgeSUB
  4. 17Sam ClucasSUB
  5. 22Angel RangelSUB
  6. 4Ki Sung-YuengSUB
  7. 12Nathan DyerSUB

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. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  2. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  3. 7Demarai GraySUB
  4. 19Islam SlimaniSUB
  5. 10Andy KingSUB
  6. 3Ben ChilwellSUB
  7. 12Ben HamerSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Own Goal by Federico Fernández, Swansea City. Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  3. 45' Substitution, Swansea City. Ki Sung-yueng replaces Leon Britton.
  4. 49' Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 2. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez following a fast break.
  5. 56' Goal! Swansea City 1, Leicester City 2. Alfie Mawson (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Ayew following a corner.
  6. 56' Substitution, Swansea City. Nathan Dyer replaces Luciano Narsingh.
  7. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  8. 78' Substitution, Swansea City. Wayne Routledge replaces Renato Sanches.
  9. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.

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