Leicester City vs Crystal Palace, 2019-20 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueLeicester City beat Crystal Palace to boost Champions League hopes
Jamie Vardy scored his 100th Premier League goal as Leicester notched their first victory since the league resumed, beating Crystal Palace 3-0.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
- 1': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
- 5': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
- 9': Foul by Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace).
- 9': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
- 14': James Justin (Leicester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 14': Attempt missed. James Justin (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 17': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Mamadou Sakho.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
- 17': Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonny Evans.
- 17': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Mamadou Sakho.
- 18': Foul by Ben Chilwell (Leicester City).
- 18': James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 19': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
- 19': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Luka Milivojevic.
- 26': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City).
- 26': Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 27': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).
- 29': Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
- 31': Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Attempt missed. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 33': Foul by Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace).
- 33': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
- 35': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 38': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 39': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Youri Tielemans.
- 40': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 40': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Leicester City. Çaglar Söyüncü tries a through ball, but Ben Chilwell is caught offside.
- 44': Offside, Crystal Palace. Patrick van Aanholt tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
- 45'+1': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 45'+1': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City).
- 45'+2': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+3': Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 0.
- 45': Substitution, Leicester City. Ryan Bennett replaces Ben Chilwell.
- 48': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
- 49': Goal! Leicester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross.
- 50': Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
- 50': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Hand ball by Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace).
- 54': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 54': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
- 55': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
- 57': Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City).
- 57': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': James McArthur (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
- 60': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Jairo Riedewald.
- 60': Attempt saved. Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James McArthur with a cross.
- 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
- 65': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ryan Bennett.
- 65': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 65': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by James Justin.
- 69': Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy replaces James McArthur.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
- 73': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Ayoze Pérez.
- 75': Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Marc Albrighton.
- 76': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by James Justin.
- 77': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 77': Goal! Leicester City 2, Crystal Palace 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 79': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 79': Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Foul by James McCarthy (Crystal Palace).
- 82': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 82': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend replaces Christian Benteke.
- 83': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Tyrick Mitchell replaces Patrick van Aanholt.
- 83': Foul by Ryan Bennett (Leicester City).
- 83': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Dangerous play by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
- 86': Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
- 89': Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a through ball.
- 89': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 89': Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
- 89': Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 90'+3': Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
- 90'+3': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Goal! Leicester City 3, Crystal Palace 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes following a fast break.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Leicester City 3, Crystal Palace 0.
- 0': Match ends, Leicester City 3, Crystal Palace 0.
Statistics
 CRY |
LEI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 18 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 47.8 | Possession | 52.2 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 358 | Accurate Passes | 427 |
| 450 | Passes | 506 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 20 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 17 |
| 18 | Tackles | 29 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 4 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 4 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 34 | +38 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 33 | +37 | 70 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 34 | +14 | 61 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 34 | +13 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Leicester City (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 6 | Jonny Evans |
| 4 | Caglar Söyüncü |
| 2 | James Justin |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi |
| 17 | Ayoze Pérez |
| 3 | Ben Chilwell  |
| 11 | Marc Albrighton |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy |
| 14 | Kelechi Iheanacho |
Crystal Palace (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 12 | Mamadou Sakho |
| 24 | Gary Cahill |
| 3 | Patrick van Aanholt |
| 2 | Joel Ward |
| 44 | Jairo Riedewald |
| 18 | James McArthur |
| 4 | Luka Milivojevic |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha |
| 9 | Jordan Ayew |
| 17 | Christian Benteke |
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