English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 6, 2021
Leicester City DWLLD 2
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Brighton & Hove Albion DLDLL 1
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LEI022
BHA101
American Express Stadium

Match Report

EPA/Neil Hall / POOL EDITORIAL

Daniel Amartey grabs late winner for Leicester at Brighton

Leicester City climbed back into second place in the Premier League as they came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Brighton.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
63.4
Possession
36.6
8
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
520
Accurate Passes
256
616
Passes
340
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
45
30
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
20
23
Tackles
30
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
21
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
5
16
Clearances
5

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 26Robert SánchezG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 3Ben WhiteCD-R
  4. 33Dan BurnLB
  5. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  6. 10Alexis Mac AllisterCM-L
  7. 8Yves BissoumaCM-R
  8. 11Leandro TrossardLM
  9. 13Pascal GrossRM
  10. 9Neal MaupayCF-L
  11. 14Adam LallanaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Danny WelbeckSUB
  2. 15Jakub ModerSUB
  3. 17Steven AlzateSUB
  4. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  5. 19José IzquierdoSUB
  6. 24Davy PropperSUB
  7. 29Andi ZeqiriSUB
  8. 22Percy TauSUB
  9. 16Alireza JahanbakhshSUB

LEI · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 3Wesley FofanaCD
  3. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  4. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  5. 25Wilfred NdidiSW
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  7. 50Sidnei TavaresCM-R
  8. 27Timothy CastagneLM
  9. 21Ricardo PereiraRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Danny Ward
  2. 11Marc Albrighton
  3. 33Luke Thomas
  4. 20Hamza Choudhury
  5. 28Christian Fuchs
  6. 53Shane Flynn
  7. 46Vontae Daley-Campbell
  8. 38Khanya Leshabela
  9. 24Nampalys Mendy

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Leicester City 0. Adam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neal Maupay with a through ball.
  2. 62' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a through ball.
  3. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steven Alzate replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  4. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Sidnei Tavares.
  5. 76' Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Neal Maupay.
  7. 87' VAR Decision: No Penalty Leicester City.
  8. 87' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Leicester City 2. Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Yves Bissouma.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.

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