English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 8, 2019
Leicester City WWWWW 4
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Aston Villa LLWDL 1
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LEI224
AVL101
Villa Park · 41,908 att.

Match Report

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Leicester cruise past Aston Villa to open six-point lead over Man City

Leicester stayed within eight points of Premier League leaders Liverpool by defeating Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
21
2
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
4
59.6
Possession
40.4
23
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
411
Accurate Passes
234
478
Passes
306
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
9
24
Crosses
31
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
52
34
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
8
30
Effective Clearances
22
30
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 11Marvelous NakambaDM
  5. 18Matt TargettLB
  6. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  8. 7John McGinnCM-R
  9. 10Jack GrealishLM
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziRM
  11. 9WesleyF

Substitutes

  1. 17TrézéguetSUB
  2. 25Ørjan NylandSUB
  3. 8Henri LansburySUB
  4. 24Frédéric GuilbertSUB
  5. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  6. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  7. 26Jonathan KodjiaSUB

LEI · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  6. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  7. 10James MaddisonAM
  8. 8Youri TielemansLM
  9. 26Dennis PraetRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Wes MorganSUB
  2. 2James JustinSUB
  3. 15Harvey BarnesSUB
  4. 12Danny WardSUB
  5. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  6. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  7. 7Demarai GraySUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 23' Substitution, Aston Villa. Björn Engels replaces Tyrone Mings because of an injury.
  4. 36' Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 41' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 2. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 45'+1' Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 45'+2' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 2. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo following a corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  9. 45'+3' Wesley (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 45'+4' VAR Decision: Goal Aston Villa - Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City (Jack Grealish).
  11. 49' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 3. Jonny Evans (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a corner.
  12. 50' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  14. 60' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 64' Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  16. 75' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 4. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dennis Praet with a through ball following a fast break.
  17. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Dennis Praet.
  18. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Frederic Guilbert replaces Matt Targett because of an injury.
  19. 80' Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Ben Chilwell.
  20. 90'+1' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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