English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 14, 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers LLLWW 0
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Leicester City LLDLW 1
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King Power Stadium · 31,983 att.

Match Report

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Vardy pounces to give Leicester 1-0 win over Wolves

Leicester City got their Premier League campaign underway with a 1-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
43.7
Possession
56.3
17
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
366
Accurate Passes
505
443
Passes
584
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
35
36
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
11
16
Effective Clearances
15
16
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 17Ayoze PérezAM-R

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 27Romain SaïssCD-L
  4. 23Max KilmanCD-R
  5. 28João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 8Rúben NevesCM-R
  7. 5Fernando MarçalLM
  8. 2Ki-Jana HoeverRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 37Adama TraoréCF-L
  11. 11Francisco TrincãoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Leicester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira with a cross.
  2. 59' Marçal (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces James Maddison.
  4. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  5. 66' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leander Dendoncker replaces João Moutinho.
  6. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Harvey Barnes.
  7. 76' Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 86' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Trincão.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Fábio Silva replaces Maximilian Kilman.
  10. 90'+1' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

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