English Premier League

FT Monday, October 3, 2022
Nottingham Forest WLLLL 0
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Leicester City WLLLL 4
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King Power Stadium · 32,202 att.

Match Report

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Leicester City thrash Nottingham Forest to move out of last place

Leicester City's James Maddison scored two first-half goals as they beat promoted Nottingham Forest 4-0 to move off the bottom of the table.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
48.4
Possession
51.6
10
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
362
Accurate Passes
416
464
Passes
492
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
35
19
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
14
15
Effective Clearances
17
15
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 2James JustinLB
  6. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  7. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallCM-L
  8. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  9. 7Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 10James MaddisonRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 26Scott McKennaCD-L
  3. 3Steve CookCD-R
  4. 32Renan LodiLB
  5. 7Neco WilliamsRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 14Lewis O'BrienLM
  8. 21Cheikhou KouyatéRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 11Jesse LingardAM-L
  11. 20Brennan JohnsonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 25' Goal! Leicester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  3. 27' Goal! Leicester City 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  4. 33' Cheikhou Kouyaté (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Goal! Leicester City 3, Nottingham Forest 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Remo Freuler replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  7. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Lewis O'Brien.
  8. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Serge Aurier replaces Neco Williams.
  9. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  10. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jamie Vardy.
  11. 62' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Emmanuel Dennis replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  12. 64' Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Orel Mangala replaces Jesse Lingard.
  14. 71' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 73' Goal! Leicester City 4, Nottingham Forest 0. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
  16. 80' Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Youri Tielemans.
  17. 83' James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces James Maddison.
  19. 90'+2' Steve Cook (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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