Leicester City vs Fulham, 2018/2019 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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3 - 1
3 - 1
Vardy nets 100th Leicester goal to earn win over Fulham
Jamie Vardy scored his 100th and 101st goals for Leicester City to seal a 3-1 home Premier League win over Fulham.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Harry Maguire.
- 3': Foul by Denis Odoi (Fulham).
- 3': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
- 6': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 7': Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham).
- 7': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Kevin McDonald.
- 14': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
- 15': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 16': Offside, Leicester City. James Maddison tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
- 17': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 18': Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
- 18': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Håvard Nordtveit.
- 20': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 21': Goal! Leicester City 1, Fulham 0. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
- 22': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
- 22': Tim Ream (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy with a headed pass.
- 30': Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
- 32': Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Maddison.
- 32': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
- 33': Attempt saved. Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 34': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
- 36': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
- 36': Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
- 36': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
- 45': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 45': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Denis Odoi.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Fulham 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Fulham 0.
- 45': Substitution, Fulham. Floyd Ayité replaces Ryan Sessegnon.
- 48': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 48': Jonny Evans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross.
- 51': Goal! Leicester City 1, Fulham 1. Floyd Ayité (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Håvard Nordtveit.
- 53': Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham).
- 53': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 54': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Ryan Babel (Fulham).
- 55': Ryan Babel (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Håvard Nordtveit.
- 58': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).
- 58': Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 59': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Demarai Gray (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Joe Bryan (Fulham).
- 60': Joe Bryan (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
- 62': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Floyd Ayité.
- 63': Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
- 63': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Sergio Rico.
- 64': Floyd Ayité (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 66': Attempt missed. Ryan Babel (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
- 67': Substitution, Fulham. Jean Michael Seri replaces Ryan Babel.
- 68': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Harry Maguire (Leicester City).
- 68': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Bryan with a cross.
- 69': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Demarai Gray.
- 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 73': Foul by Tom Cairney (Fulham).
- 73': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Attempt saved. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
- 76': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 78': Goal! Leicester City 2, Fulham 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball following a fast break.
- 80': Floyd Ayité (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Foul by Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City).
- 81': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces James Maddison.
- 82': Substitution, Fulham. Luciano Vietto replaces Kevin McDonald.
- 83': Attempt saved. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
- 84': Attempt missed. Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
- 86': Goal! Leicester City 3, Fulham 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 87': Offside, Fulham. Håvard Nordtveit tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
- 90': Foul by Floyd Ayité (Fulham).
- 90': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Vietto.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Leicester City 3, Fulham 1.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Leicester City 3, Fulham 1.
Statistics
 FUL |
LEI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 47.2 | Possession | 52.8 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 378 | Accurate Passes | 444 |
| 464 | Passes | 521 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 14 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 60 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 18 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 26 | Tackles | 24 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 19 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 17 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 32,017
Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 32,017
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 37 | +43 | 82 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 37 | +43 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 37 | +16 | 68 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 37 | +6 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Leicester City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 15 | Harry Maguire |
| 6 | Jonny Evans |
| 3 | Ben Chilwell |
| 14 | Ricardo Pereira |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi |
| 10 | James Maddison |
| 21 | Youri Tielemans |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy |
| 19 | Harvey Barnes |
| 7 | Demarai Gray |
Fulham (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Sergio Rico (GK) |
| 13 | Tim Ream |
| 16 | Håvard Nordtveit |
| 23 | Joe Bryan  |
| 4 | Denis Odoi |
| 6 | Kevin McDonald |
| 10 | Tom Cairney |
| 5 | Calum Chambers |
| 9 | Aleksandar Mitrovic |
| 3 | Ryan Sessegnon |
| 12 | Ryan Babel |
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