English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 19, 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion LLDLL 0
–
Leicester City DLLWL 2
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BHA000
LEI112
King Power Stadium · 31,902 att.

Match Report

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Riyad Mahrez turns on the style as Leicester brush aside Brighton

Riyad Mahrez inspired Leicester to breeze past toothless Brighton as the Foxes cruised to a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
54.8
Possession
45.2
5
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
435
Accurate Passes
332
526
Passes
427
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
94
Long Balls
63
53
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
16
20
Clearances
16

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 22Matty JamesCM-L
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 3Ben ChilwellSUB
  2. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  3. 19Islam SlimaniSUB
  4. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  5. 12Ben HamerSUB
  6. 7Demarai GraySUB
  7. 10Andy KingSUB

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 29Markus SuttnerLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 20Solly MarchRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayF
  11. 13Pascal GrossRCF

Substitutes

  1. 11Anthony KnockaertSUB
  2. 8Jiri SkalakSUB
  3. 3Gaëtan BongSUB
  4. 12Niki MäenpääSUB
  5. 23Liam RoseniorSUB
  6. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  7. 4Uwe HünemeierSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 50' Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Goal! Leicester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Harry Maguire (Leicester City) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
  4. 62' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Pascal Groß.
  5. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Glenn Murray because of an injury.
  6. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  7. 90'+3' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Jamie Vardy because of an injury.

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