English Premier League

FT Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Leicester City WWWDL 2
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Fulham LLLDD 0
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Craven Cottage

Match Report

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Maddison pulls strings as Leicester ease to win at Fulham

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison created both goals in a 2-0 win at relegation-threatened Fulham.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
42.5
Possession
57.5
9
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
343
Accurate Passes
498
447
Passes
598
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
13
23
Effective Clearances
16
23
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

FUL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 5Joachim AndersenCD
  3. 16Tosin AdarabioyoCD-L
  4. 34Ola AinaCD-R
  5. 29Frank AnguissaCM-L
  6. 21Harrison ReedCM-R
  7. 33Antonee RobinsonLM
  8. 2Kenny TeteRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 19Ademola LookmanCF-L
  11. 15Ruben Loftus-CheekCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  2. 23Joe BryanSUB
  3. 4Denis OdoiSUB
  4. 13Tim ReamSUB
  5. 25Josh OnomahSUB
  6. 12Marek RodákSUB
  7. 17Ivan CavaleiroSUB
  8. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidSUB
  9. 3Michael HectorSUB

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 2James JustinLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 20Hamza ChoudhuryLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 14Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 15Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 17Ayoze PérezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  2. 19Cengiz ÜnderSUB
  3. 46Vontae Daley-CampbellSUB
  4. 33Luke ThomasSUB
  5. 38Khanya LeshabelaSUB
  6. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  7. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  8. 12Danny WardSUB
  9. 24Nampalys MendySUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Fulham 0, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross.
  2. 24' Harrison Reed (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Goal! Fulham 0, Leicester City 2. James Justin (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
  4. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Mario Lemina replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  5. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Kenny Tete.
  6. 59' Ola Aina (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  8. 61' Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Hamza Choudhury.
  9. 71' Substitution, Fulham. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  10. 72' Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Harvey Barnes.
  12. 89' Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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