English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 22, 2018
Leicester City WDLLL 1
–
Chelsea LWDWW 0
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CHE000
Stamford Bridge · 40,558 att.

Match Report

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Jamie Vardy strike earns Leicester narrow win at Chelsea

Jamie Vardy's well-taken breakaway goal helped Leicester to earn a 1-0 win at Chelsea on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
2
27.9
Possession
72.1
8
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
179
Accurate Passes
609
262
Passes
693
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
36
0.3
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
42
37
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
12
23
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
17
Interceptions
9
37
Effective Clearances
13
37
Clearances
13

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 10Eden HazardF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  2. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  3. 4Cesc FàbregasSUB
  4. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  5. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  6. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  7. 24Gary CahillSUB

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 14Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 24Nampalys MendyCM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 38Hamza ChoudhuryRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10James MaddisonLF
  11. 11Marc AlbrightonRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  2. 7Demarai GraySUB
  3. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  4. 12Danny WardSUB
  5. 6Jonny EvansSUB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 21Vicente IborraSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Goal! Chelsea 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball.
  3. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  4. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Willian.
  5. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Jorginho.
  6. 81' Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces James Maddison.
  8. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.

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