English Premier League

FT Monday, March 9, 2020
Aston Villa WLLLL 0
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Leicester City DDLLW 4
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King Power Stadium · 32,125 att.

Match Report

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Vardy back among goals with brace as Leicester thump Aston Villa

Leicester City's Jamie Vardy ended his long scoring drought with two goals in the Foxes' win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
1
35.4
Possession
64.6
4
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
209
Accurate Passes
447
301
Passes
543
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
64
22
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
8
22
Effective Clearances
12
22
Clearances
12

Head to Head

LEI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 2James JustinLB
  6. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  7. 10James MaddisonCM-L
  8. 26Dennis PraetCM-R
  9. 15Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoF

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 29Pepe ReinaG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 22Björn EngelsCD-R
  4. 11Marvelous NakambaDM
  5. 18Matt TargettLB
  6. 24Frédéric GuilbertRB
  7. 14Conor HourihaneCM-L
  8. 6Douglas LuizCM-R
  9. 10Jack GrealishLM
  10. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRM
  11. 20Mbwana SamattaF

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Leicester City 1, Aston Villa 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Albrighton following a fast break.
  2. 43' Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  4. 61' VAR Decision: Penalty Leicester City.
  5. 63' Goal! Leicester City 2, Aston Villa 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  6. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Ahmed El Mohamady.
  7. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Conor Hourihane.
  8. 71' Dennis Praet (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Jonny Evans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Youri Tielemans replaces Dennis Praet.
  11. 79' Goal! Leicester City 3, Aston Villa 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  12. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  13. 85' Goal! Leicester City 4, Aston Villa 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.

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