English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 21, 2021
Leicester City WDWWD 2
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Aston Villa LWLWD 1
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Villa Park

Match Report

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Leicester keep pace at top with Barnes, Maddison strikes at Aston Villa

James Maddison and Harvey Barnes scored quick-fire first-half goals as Leicester City notched up a 2-1 win away to Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
5
50.1
Possession
49.9
16
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
345
450
Passes
430
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
59
12
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
9
23
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 20Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 15Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 21Ricardo PereiraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 1. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
  2. 23' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 2. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  3. 34' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 48' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 2. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  5. 51' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces James Maddison because of an injury.
  8. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  9. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Ross Barkley.
  10. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  11. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Sanson replaces Douglas Luiz.
  12. 88' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Youri Tielemans.

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