English League Championship

FT Sunday, October 1, 2023
Leicester City LWWWL 4
–
Blackburn Rovers LWLLW 1
1st2ndT
LEI224
BLK101
Ewood Park · 15,937 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
52.1
Possession
47.9
11
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
498
Accurate Passes
448
576
Passes
524
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
36
22
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
6
16
Effective Tackles
8
24
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
21
Interceptions
11
10
Effective Clearances
9
10
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BLK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Aynsley PearsG
  2. 5Dominic HyamCD-L
  3. 17Hayden CarterCD-R
  4. 3Harry PickeringLB
  5. 2Callum BrittainRB
  6. 24Andy MoranAM
  7. 23Adam WhartonLM
  8. 27Lewis TravisRM
  9. 8Sammie SzmodicsF
  10. 7Arnór SigurdssonAM-L
  11. 18Dilan Kumar MarkandayAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Tyrhys DolanSUB
  2. 6Sondre TronstadSUB
  3. 22Zak GilsenanSUB
  4. 12Leopold WahlstedtSUB
  5. 16Scott WhartonSUB
  6. 30Jake GarrettSUB
  7. 11Joe Rankin-CostelloSUB
  8. 33Semir TelalovicSUB
  9. 4James HillSUB

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 2James JustinLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 8Harry WinksCM
  7. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLM
  8. 25Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiLF
  11. 18Fatawu IssahakuRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  2. 20Patson DakaSUB
  3. 7Cesare CasadeiSUB
  4. 15Harry SouttarSUB
  5. 35Kasey McAteerSUB
  6. 29Yunus AkgünSUB
  7. 41Jakub StolarczykSUB
  8. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  9. 4Conor CoadySUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Leicester City 1. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross following a corner.
  2. 9' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 1. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 15' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
  5. 30' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 46' Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 48' Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  9. 61' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Arnór Sigurdsson.
  10. 62' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Leopold Wahlstedt replaces Aynsley Pears because of an injury.
  11. 70' Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 70' Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  13. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  14. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Cesare Casadei replaces Kasey McAteer because of an injury.
  15. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
  16. 82' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 3. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  17. 83' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sondre Tronstad replaces Adam Wharton.
  18. 83' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Dilan Markanday.
  19. 87' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Harry Pickering.
  20. 88' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.

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