English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 23, 2019
Crystal Palace WDWDW 4
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Leicester City LLDLL 1
1st2ndT
CRY134
LEI011
King Power Stadium · 31,778 att.

Match Report

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Crystal Palace rout Leicester to step up pressure on Puel

Crystal Palace piled further pressure on Leicester City manager Claude Puel on Saturday with a comprehensive 4-1 Premier League win over his team.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
1
34.6
Possession
65.4
7
SHOTS
27
5
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
459
289
Passes
541
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
52
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
12
7
Effective Tackles
16
15
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
9
37
Effective Clearances
14
37
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 14Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM
  7. 10James MaddisonLM
  8. 21Youri TielemansRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 19Harvey BarnesLF
  11. 31Rachid GhezzalRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Demarai GraySUB
  2. 5Wes MorganSUB
  3. 24Nampalys MendySUB
  4. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  5. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  6. 12Danny WardSUB
  7. 4Çaglar SöyüncüSUB

CRY · 4-3-3

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM
  7. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  8. 18James McArthurRM
  9. 23Michy BatshuayiF
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaLF
  11. 10Andros TownsendRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Scott DannSUB
  2. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  3. 14Jordan AyewSUB
  4. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  5. 17Christian BentekeSUB
  6. 8Cheikhou KouyatéSUB
  7. 7Max MeyerSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Goal! Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 1. Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McArthur.
  3. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
  4. 51' James McArthur (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 1. Jonny Evans (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
  6. 70' Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 2. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James McArthur.
  7. 74' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Youri Tielemans.
  8. 77' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Scott Dann replaces Mamadou Sakho because of an injury.
  9. 80' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Andros Townsend.
  10. 81' Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 81' Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 3. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Harvey Barnes.
  13. 86' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Michy Batshuayi.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 4. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Ayew following a fast break.

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