English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 25, 2018
Leicester City LDWLW 2
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Southampton WWLDL 1
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SOU011
St. Mary's Stadium · 29,925 att.

Match Report

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Harry Maguire's late strike gives Leicester victory over Southampton

Defender Harry Maguire's stoppage-time goal gave Leicester City a hard-fought 2-1 Premier League victory over 10-man Southampton on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
3
48.3
Possession
51.7
8
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
352
Accurate Passes
373
425
Passes
447
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
61
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
13
37
Effective Clearances
13
37
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LEI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  3. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  7. 18Mario LeminaCM-R
  8. 22Nathan RedmondLM
  9. 11Mohamed ElyounoussiRM
  10. 9Danny IngsCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 18Daniel AmarteyRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 24Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 8Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 14Ricardo PereiraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 52' Goal! Southampton 1, Leicester City 0. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  3. 56' Goal! Southampton 1, Leicester City 1. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 64' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  6. 69' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Danny Ings.
  7. 77' Second yellow card to Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
  8. 78' Substitution, Leicester City. Rachid Ghezzal replaces James Maddison.
  9. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Mohamed Elyounoussi.
  10. 86' Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Shane Long.
  11. 88' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Demarai Gray.
  12. 90'+2' Goal! Southampton 1, Leicester City 2. Harry Maguire (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
  13. 90'+3' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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