English Premier League

FT Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Chelsea LDLWW 0
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Leicester City DDWWW 2
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King Power Stadium

Match Report

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Leicester City climb atop Premier League with victory over Chelsea

Leicester City are one point clear atop the Premier League after a victory over Chelsea at King Power Stadium on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
5
64.4
Possession
35.6
9
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
559
Accurate Passes
278
636
Passes
340
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
18
0.5
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
39
37
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
0
17
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
11
17
Effective Clearances
15
17
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 3Wesley FofanaCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 2James JustinLB
  6. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  7. 10James MaddisonCM-L
  8. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  9. 15Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

Substitutes

  1. 12Danny WardSUB
  2. 21Ricardo PereiraSUB
  3. 20Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  4. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  5. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  6. 4Çaglar SöyüncüSUB
  7. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  8. 33Luke ThomasSUB
  9. 19Cengiz ÜnderSUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 21Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 29Kai HavertzAM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 19Mason MountRM
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 10Christian PulisicAM-L
  11. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 33EmersonSUB
  2. 5JorginhoSUB
  3. 28César AzpilicuetaSUB
  4. 23Billy GilmourSUB
  5. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  6. 15Kurt ZoumaSUB
  7. 11Timo WernerSUB
  8. 4Andreas ChristensenSUB
  9. 22Hakim ZiyechSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Leicester City 1, Chelsea 0. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes following a corner.
  2. 29' Kai Havertz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' VAR Decision: No Penalty Chelsea.
  4. 41' Goal! Leicester City 2, Chelsea 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
  5. 51' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Kai Havertz.
  7. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Timo Werner replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  8. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces James Maddison.
  9. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Marc Albrighton.
  10. 85' Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' VAR Decision: No Goal Leicester City 2-0 Chelsea.
  12. 88' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
  13. 89' Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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