English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 18, 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers DDLWD 0
–
Leicester City DLDWL 2
1st2ndT
WOL000
LEI202
King Power Stadium · 32,043 att.

Match Report

Robbie Jay Barratt - AMAGetty Images

Jamie Vardy sent off, but Leicester ease to victory over Wolves

Leicester City had Jamie Vardy sent off, but that did not stop them from recording a comfortable 2-0 home win.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
57.2
Possession
42.8
11
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
316
500
Passes
382
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
29
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.1
54
Long Balls
45
27
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
16
18
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
13
15
Effective Clearances
33
15
Clearances
33

Head to Head

WOL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 14Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 24Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 7Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  2. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  3. 5Wes MorganSUB
  4. 23Adrien SilvaSUB
  5. 31Rachid GhezzalSUB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 12Danny WardSUB

WOL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 8Rúben NevesCM-L
  6. 28João MoutinhoCM-R
  7. 19JonnyLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 10Hélder CostaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21John RuddySUB
  2. 37Adama TraoréSUB
  3. 30Kortney HauseSUB
  4. 29Ruben VinagreSUB
  5. 27Romain SaïssSUB
  6. 17Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB
  7. 33Léo BonatiniSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Own Goal by Matt Doherty, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leicester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
  2. 45' Goal! Leicester City 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Hélder Costa.
  4. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Léo Bonatini replaces Diogo Jota.
  5. 60' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Marc Albrighton.
  6. 66' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the red card.
  7. 69' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Matt Doherty because of an injury.
  8. 74' Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Jonny Evans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Adrien Silva replaces Demarai Gray.
  11. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces James Maddison.
  12. 90'+6' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

Premier League News

All news
ESPN ESPN A global experiment: Can ESPN predict the Ballon d'Or awards? The Ballon d'Or awards are typically tough to predict, but can ESPN and our global resources do just that? ESPN Gabriele Marcotti Real Madrid best Barça in brilliant Clásico; Man United mess deepens; Spurs win again The weekend's big games brought plenty to unpack, with Real Madrid's Clásico win slowing Barcelona down in LaLiga and Man United's heavy home defeat surely pushing Michael Carrick toward the exit. News PA Chelsea will 'keep confidence' in Mike Penders - Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso and Maxence Lacroix have thrown their support behind Mike Penders after the 21-year-old's own goal led to Saturday's 2-0 loss to Tottenham. News PA Gary Neville: Some Man United players 'aren't that professional' Gary Neville has launched a scathing tirade at Manchester United's players following their latest heavy defeat.