English Premier League

FT Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Brighton & Hove Albion LDWLW 1
–
Leicester City LDLLL 2
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BHA011
LEI112
King Power Stadium · 30,558 att.

Match Report

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Leicester beat Brighton with Gray, Vardy goals as Rodgers watches on

Newly-appointed Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers watched from the stands as the Foxes returned to form with a 2-1 defeat of Brighton.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
50.9
Possession
49.1
15
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
361
Accurate Passes
369
444
Passes
446
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
31
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
73
Long Balls
56
39
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
7
2
Effective Tackles
10
6
Tackles
14
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
8
12
Effective Clearances
33
12
Clearances
33

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 14Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM
  7. 10James MaddisonLM
  8. 21Youri TielemansRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 19Harvey BarnesLF
  11. 7Demarai GrayRF

BHA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 22Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 6Dale StephensCM
  7. 24Davy PropperLM
  8. 13Pascal GrossRM
  9. 17Glenn MurrayF
  10. 20Solly MarchLF
  11. 11Anthony KnockaertRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.
  2. 23' Martín Montoya (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yves Bissouma replaces Pascal Groß because of an injury.
  4. 63' Goal! Leicester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
  5. 66' Goal! Leicester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jürgen Locadia replaces Solly March.
  7. 69' Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Youri Tielemans.
  8. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. José Izquierdo replaces Dale Stephens.
  9. 84' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces James Maddison.
  11. 90'+6' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.

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