English Premier League

FT Thursday, July 16, 2020
Sheffield United LWDWW 0
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Leicester City LLWDL 2
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King Power Stadium

Match Report

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Leicester boost top-four hopes with 2-0 win over Blades

Leicester City boosted their hopes of finishing in the top four as Ayoze Perez and Demarai Gray secured a 2-0 win over Sheffield United.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
1
45.6
Possession
54.4
5
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
301
Accurate Passes
374
401
Passes
472
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
17
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
78
32
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
13
24
Effective Clearances
24
24
Clearances
24

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEI · 3-4-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Wes MorganCD
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  4. 29Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  7. 56Luke ThomasLM
  8. 2James JustinRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 15Harvey BarnesCF-L
  11. 17Ayoze PérezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Dennis PraetSUB
  2. 20Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  3. 24Nampalys MendySUB
  4. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  5. 12Danny WardSUB
  6. 22Matty JamesSUB
  7. 45George HirstSUB
  8. 39Darnell JohnsonSUB
  9. 7Demarai GraySUB

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 23Ben OsbornCM-L
  6. 32Sander BergeCM-R
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 17David McGoldrickCF-L
  11. 9Oliver McBurnieCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Richairo ZivkovicSUB
  2. 22Lys MoussetSUB
  3. 25Simon MooreSUB
  4. 4John FleckSUB
  5. 18Kieron FreemanSUB
  6. 19Jack RobinsonSUB
  7. 15Phil JagielkaSUB
  8. 7John LundstramSUB
  9. 10Billy SharpSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Leicester City 1, Sheffield United 0. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Thomas.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sheffield United. Lys Mousset replaces David McGoldrick.
  3. 45' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Fleck replaces Ben Osborn.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Lundstram replaces Sander Berge.
  5. 59' Substitution, Sheffield United. Billy Sharp replaces Chris Basham.
  6. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  7. 75' Jonny Evans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Harvey Barnes.
  9. 79' Goal! Leicester City 2, Sheffield United 0. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy following a fast break.
  10. 80' John Egan (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+3' John Fleck (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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