UEFA Europa League

Leicester City vs Braga, 2020-21 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Leicester City
  • 20': Kelechi Iheanacho
  • 47': Kelechi Iheanacho
  • 67': Dennis Praet
  • 78': James Maddison
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4 - 0
Braga

    About

    Leicester City are hosting Braga at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Offside, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs tries a through ball, but Kelechi Iheanacho is caught offside.
    • 5': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Bruno Viana.
    • 6': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
    • 10': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
    • 10': Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Raúl Silva.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 12': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Al Musrati.
    • 13': Attempt missed. João Novais (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 15': Foul by Al Musrati (Sporting Braga).
    • 15': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Hand ball by João Novais (Sporting Braga).
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Wenderson Galeno (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Horta.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Bruno Viana (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Esgaio.
    • 20': Goal! Leicester City 1, Sporting Braga 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
    • 22': Foul by Wesley Fofana (Leicester City).
    • 22': Paulinho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Bruno Viana (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by João Novais with a cross.
    • 27': Foul by Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga).
    • 27': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Cengiz Ünder (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Foul by Raúl Silva (Sporting Braga).
    • 31': Foul by Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga).
    • 31': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Wenderson Galeno (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by André Horta.
    • 40': Foul by Wenderson Galeno (Sporting Braga).
    • 40': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Wesley Fofana (Leicester City).
    • 41': Paulinho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
    • 43': Wenderson Galeno (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 44': Foul by Paulinho (Sporting Braga).
    • 44': Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Matheus.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Braga).
    • 45'+2': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Sporting Braga 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Sporting Braga 0.
    • 47': Goal! Leicester City 2, Sporting Braga 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
    • 49': Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Kelechi Iheanacho is caught offside.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. André Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Al Musrati.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wenderson Galeno.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Cengiz Ünder (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 57': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
    • 57': Wenderson Galeno (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Maddison.
    • 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Wes Morgan replaces Marc Albrighton.
    • 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Cengiz Ünder.
    • 62': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Iuri Medeiros replaces André Horta.
    • 62': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Guilherme Schettine replaces Abel Ruiz.
    • 63': Foul by Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Braga).
    • 63': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by David Carmo.
    • 66': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Raúl Silva.
    • 67': Goal! Leicester City 3, Sporting Braga 0. Dennis Praet (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 69': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
    • 69': João Novais (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Nicolás Gaitán replaces Paulinho.
    • 71': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Francisco Moura replaces Wenderson Galeno.
    • 71': Substitution, Sporting Braga. André Castro replaces Al Musrati.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Youri Tielemans.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 72': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by André Castro.
    • 73': Offside, Leicester City. James Maddison tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.
    • 74': Foul by Bruno Viana (Sporting Braga).
    • 74': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Raúl Silva.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. James Justin (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Praet.
    • 78': Foul by James Maddison (Leicester City).
    • 78': Raúl Silva (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Goal! Leicester City 4, Sporting Braga 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 80': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Bruno Viana.
    • 81': Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) hits the right post with a header from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a corner.
    • 81': Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
    • 81': Guilherme Schettine (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Francisco Moura.
    • 85': Foul by Raúl Silva (Sporting Braga).
    • 85': Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
    • 86': Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Offside, Sporting Braga. Raúl Silva tries a through ball, but Guilherme Schettine is caught offside.
    • 87': Foul by Wesley Fofana (Leicester City).
    • 87': João Novais (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. André Castro (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Guilherme Schettine.
    • 89': Bruno Viana (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 89': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
    • 90': Foul by James Maddison (Leicester City).
    • 90': João Novais (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Foul by David Carmo (Sporting Braga).
    • 90': David Carmo (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+1': Offside, Leicester City. Luke Thomas tries a through ball, but Harvey Barnes is caught offside.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Guilherme Schettine (Sporting Braga).
    • 90'+2': Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Sporting Braga 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 4, Sporting Braga 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 12
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 4
    2 Corner Kicks 10
    2 Saves 1
    51.1 Possession 48.9
    8 SHOTS 15
    1 ON GOAL 6
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    409 Accurate Passes 385
    495 Passes 457
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 2
    8 Crosses 21
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    50 Long Balls 47
    25 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 5
    9 Effective Tackles 10
    13 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    15 Interceptions 18
    25 Effective Clearances 5
    25 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: King Power Stadium
    Location: Leicester, England

    Line-Ups

    LEI Leicester City (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
    3 Wesley Fofana
    28 Christian Fuchs
    2 James Justin
    20 Hamza Choudhury
    8 Youri Tielemans
    33 Luke Thomas
    11 Marc Albrighton Yellow Card
    14 Kelechi Iheanacho
    10 James Maddison
    19 Cengiz Ünder
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Ethan Fitzhugh, Jamie Vardy, Eldin Jakupovic, Ayoze Pérez, Wes Morgan, Nampalys Mendy, Harvey Barnes, Danny Ward, Khanya Leshabela, Dennis Praet.

    SCB Braga (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Matheus (GK)
    16 David Carmo Yellow Card
    34 Raul
    36 Bruno Viana
    7 João Novais
    15 André Horta
    8 Moatasem Al-Musrati
    90 Galeno
    47 Ricardo Esgaio Yellow Card
    9 Abel Ruiz
    20 Paulinho
    Braga Substitutes:
    Zé Carlos, Nuno Sequeira, Vitor Tormena, Tiago Sá, Nico Gaitan, Hernâni Infande, Rogério Paulo Veiga Santos, Moura, Iuri Medeiros, Rolando, Guilherme Schettine, André Castro.

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