English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 22, 2018
Huddersfield Town LDLDL 1
–
Leicester City WWWLL 3
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HUD101
LEI123
King Power Stadium · 31,676 att.

Match Report

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Leicester ease pressure on Claude Puel with win vs. Huddersfield

Leicester eased the pressure on manager Claude Puel by beating Huddersfield Town 3-1 on Saturday to leave the visitors at the foot of the table.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
1
38
Possession
62
9
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
261
Accurate Passes
505
357
Passes
589
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
59
30
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
13
11
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
11
13
Effective Clearances
27
13
Clearances
27

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 18Daniel AmarteyRB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoAM
  7. 24Nampalys MendyLM
  8. 25Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10James MaddisonAM-L
  11. 31Rachid GhezzalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Danny WardSUB
  2. 14Ricardo PereiraSUB
  3. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  4. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  5. 7Demarai GraySUB
  6. 23Adrien SilvaSUB
  7. 28Christian FuchsSUB

HUD · 5-4-1

  1. 1Jonas LösslG
  2. 26Christopher SchindlerCD
  3. 5Terence KongoloCD-L
  4. 25Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  5. 15Chris LöweLB
  6. 37Erik DurmRB
  7. 8Philip BillingCM-L
  8. 10Aaron MooyCM-R
  9. 17Rajiv van La ParraLM
  10. 9Elias KachungaRM
  11. 20Laurent DepoitreF

Substitutes

  1. 33Florent HadergjonajSUB
  2. 11Adama DiakhabySUB
  3. 12Ben HamerSUB
  4. 18Isaac MbenzaSUB
  5. 21Alex PritchardSUB
  6. 24Steve MouniéSUB
  7. 6Jonathan HoggSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Leicester City 0, Huddersfield Town 1. Zanka (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Laurent Depoitre with a headed pass.
  2. 18' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 19' Goal! Leicester City 1, Huddersfield Town 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 43' Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
  6. 47' Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Adama Diakhaby replaces Elias Kachunga.
  8. 66' Goal! Leicester City 2, Huddersfield Town 1. James Maddison (Leicester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  9. 72' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Alex Pritchard replaces Terence Kongolo.
  10. 75' Goal! Leicester City 3, Huddersfield Town 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho with a through ball following a fast break.
  11. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  12. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces James Maddison.

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