English Premier League

FT Monday, August 19, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur WWWLL 1
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Leicester City LWLLL 1
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Match Report

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Leicester draw with Tottenham in return to Premier League

Veteran striker Jamie Vardy earned newly-promoted Leicester City a 1-1 draw with a profligate Tottenham Hotspur in their Premier League season opener on Monday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
13
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
70.5
Possession
29.5
15
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
601
Accurate Passes
211
671
Passes
275
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
8
28
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.5
22
Long Balls
37
13
Accurate Long Balls
9
0.6
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
15
23
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
38
16
Clearances
38

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-R
  4. 16Victor KristiansenLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 40Facundo BuonanotteAM
  7. 6Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Harry WinksRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

TOT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 37Micky van de VenCD-L
  3. 17Cristian RomeroCD-R
  4. 13Destiny UdogieLB
  5. 23Pedro PorroRB
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM
  7. 10James MaddisonLM
  8. 29Pape Matar SarrRM
  9. 19Dominic SolankeF
  10. 7Son Heung-MinLF
  11. 22Brennan JohnsonRF

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Leicester City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross.
  2. 57' Goal! Leicester City 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
  3. 64' Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 78' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Archie Gray replaces Rodrigo Bentancur because of an injury.
  5. 78' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Bergvall replaces Pape Sarr.
  6. 78' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Timo Werner replaces Brennan Johnson.
  7. 79' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dejan Kulusevski replaces James Maddison.
  8. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi replaces Jamie Vardy.
  9. 79' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
  10. 86' Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Djed Spence replaces Pedro Porro because of an injury.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Richarlison replaces Son Heung-Min.
  13. 90'+9' Wout Faes (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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