English FA Cup

FT Sunday, February 6, 2022
Leicester City LWWLD 1
–
Nottingham Forest WWWWL 4
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LEI101
NFO314
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Match Report

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FA Cup holders Leicester thrashed by Nottingham Forest

Leicester City's hopes of retaining the FA Cup came to a brutal end as they suffered a 4-1 drubbing away to Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
62.1
Possession
37.9
11
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
379
Accurate Passes
188
463
Passes
283
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
67
18
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
9
23
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
6
20
Effective Clearances
27
20
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-1-2

  1. 30Brice SambaG
  2. 27Steve CookCD
  3. 26Scott McKennaCD-L
  4. 4Joe WorrallCD-R
  5. 37James GarnerCM-L
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-R
  7. 11Philip ZinckernagelAM
  8. 15Max LoweLM
  9. 2Djed SpenceRM
  10. 9Keinan DavisCF-L
  11. 20Brennan JohnsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Jack ColbackSUB
  2. 14Richie LaryeaSUB
  3. 16Sam SurridgeSUB
  4. 19Xande SilvaSUB
  5. 23Joe LolleySUB
  6. 3Tobias FigueiredoSUB
  7. 1Ethan HorvathSUB
  8. 18CafúSUB
  9. 21Braian OjedaSUB

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 14Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 37Ademola LookmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Ricardo PereiraSUB
  2. 42Boubakary SoumaréSUB
  3. 20Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  4. 23Jannik VestergaardSUB
  5. 1Kasper SchmeichelSUB
  6. 29Patson DakaSUB
  7. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  8. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallSUB
  9. 17Ayoze PérezSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Leicester City 0. Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keinan Davis with a headed pass.
  2. 24' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Leicester City 0. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal.
  3. 32' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Leicester City 0. Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Garner with a cross following a corner.
  4. 40' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball following a fast break.
  5. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Harvey Barnes.
  6. 59' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Leicester City 1. Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel with a through ball.
  8. 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jack Colback replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
  9. 65' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Ademola Lookman.
  10. 65' Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Youri Tielemans.
  11. 65' James Garner (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Keinan Davis.
  13. 74' James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cafú replaces James Garner.
  15. 88' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Xande Silva replaces Brennan Johnson.

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