English League Championship

Leicester City vs Sunderland, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Leicester City
  • 12': James Justin
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1 - 0
Sunderland

    About

    Leicester City are hosting Sunderland at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 1': Mason Burstow (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke O'Nien with a cross.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Daniel Neil (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pierre Ekwah.
    • 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Luke O'Nien.
    • 12': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Patrick Roberts.
    • 12': Goal! Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0. James Justin (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a cross following a corner.
    • 13': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 15': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 15': Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Abdul Fatawu.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
    • 21': Foul by Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland).
    • 21': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Harry Winks (Leicester City).
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 30': Offside, Sunderland. Patrick Roberts is caught offside.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jobe Bellingham.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Mason Burstow (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Clarke.
    • 31': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Neil with a cross following a corner.
    • 35': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 35': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 36': Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland).
    • 39': Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cesare Casadei with a headed pass.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 40': Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
    • 40': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 41': Foul by Patrick Roberts (Sunderland).
    • 41': Harry Winks (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Wout Faes.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Dan Ballard (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Neil.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Neil.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Winks with a cross.
    • 49': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Anthony Patterson.
    • 49': Delay in match (Sunderland).
    • 50': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 50': Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 53': Delay in match because of an injury Mason Burstow (Sunderland).
    • 53': Delay in match because of an injury Wout Faes (Leicester City).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 53': Foul by Trai Hume (Sunderland).
    • 53': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Trai Hume (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Offside, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu is caught offside.
    • 55': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 57': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dan Ballard.
    • 58': Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
    • 58': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
    • 60': Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cesare Casadei.
    • 64': Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Mason Burstow.
    • 64': Substitution, Sunderland. Dennis Cirkin replaces Niall Huggins.
    • 65': Substitution, Sunderland. Chris Rigg replaces Pierre Ekwah.
    • 65': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 67': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
    • 67': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': James Justin (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 70': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 70': Foul by Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland).
    • 71': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Daniel Neil.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Justin.
    • 72': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
    • 72': Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 74': Substitution, Sunderland. Alex Pritchard replaces Jobe Bellingham.
    • 75': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
    • 78': Attempt missed. Daniel Neil (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Daniel Neil (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 80': Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Abdul Fatawu.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Abdoullah Ba.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Abdoullah Ba (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
    • 85': Offside, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba is caught offside.
    • 87': Foul by Abdoullah Ba (Sunderland).
    • 87': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 87': Delay in match because of an injury James Justin (Leicester City).
    • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces James Justin because of an injury.
    • 89': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Stephy Mavididi.
    • 89': Chris Rigg (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City).
    • 89': Chris Rigg (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
    • 90'+2': Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
    • 90'+3': Foul by Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland).
    • 90'+3': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Sunderland. Luís Semedo replaces Daniel Neil.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Chris Rigg (Sunderland).
    • 90'+5': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 1, Sunderland 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 13
    3 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 5
    4 Saves 3
    48.5 Possession 51.5
    13 SHOTS 8
    3 ON GOAL 5
    0.2 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    351 Accurate Passes 368
    425 Passes 457
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 2
    15 Crosses 15
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    42 Long Balls 58
    18 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    4 Blocked Shots 2
    12 Effective Tackles 19
    21 Tackles 25
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    9 Interceptions 7
    12 Effective Clearances 15
    12 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: King Power Stadium
    Location: Leicester, England
    Attendance: 30,951

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Coventry City 42 +42 85
    2 Ipswich Town 41 +29 75
    3 Millwall 42 +9 73
    4 Southampton 42 +23 72
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
    3 Wout Faes
    23 Jannik Vestergaard Yellow Card
    21 Ricardo Pereira Yellow Card
    2 James Justin
    8 Harry Winks
    22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
    7 Cesare Casadei
    14 Kelechi Iheanacho Yellow Card
    10 Stephy Mavididi
    18 Fatawu Issahaku
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Hamza Choudhury, Harry Souttar, Jakub Stolarczyk, Danny Ward, Patson Daka, Marc Albrighton, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Jamie Vardy, Conor Coady.

    SUN Sunderland (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anthony Patterson (GK)
    5 Danny Ballard
    13 Luke O'Nien Yellow Card
    39 Pierre Ekwah
    2 Niall Huggins
    32 Trai Hume Yellow Card
    7 Jobe Bellingham
    24 Daniel Neil
    20 Jack Clarke
    10 Patrick Roberts
    11 Mason Burstow
    Sunderland Substitutes:
    Alex Pritchard, Nazariy Rusyn, Chris Rigg, Nectarios Triantis, Jenson Seelt, Abdoullah Ba, Luís Semedo, Dennis Cirkin, Nathan Bishop.

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