English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 3, 2025
Southampton DLLDL 0
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Leicester City LLDLL 2
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King Power Stadium · 31,240 att. · Peacock

Match Report

Vardy, Ayew end Leicester's home scoring drought in win over Southampton

Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and Jordan Ayew scored their team's first goals at the King Power Stadium in five months to secure a 2-0 Premier League victory over fellow relegated side Southampton on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
50.4
Possession
49.6
8
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
396
Accurate Passes
399
455
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.3
36
Long Balls
33
18
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
12
16
Effective Clearances
20
16
Clearances
20

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 4Conor CoadyCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 18Jordan AyewAM
  7. 22Oliver SkippLM
  8. 6Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 11Bilal El KhannoussAM-L
  11. 35Kasey McAteerAM-R

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  4. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  5. 26Lesley UgochukwuCM-L
  6. 4Flynn DownesCM-R
  7. 3Ryan ManningLM
  8. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRM
  9. 11Ross StewartF
  10. 20Kamaldeen SulemanaCF-L
  11. 18Mateus FernandesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Leicester City 1, Southampton 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bilal El Khannouss with a cross.
  2. 44' Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Paul Onuachu replaces Ross Stewart.
  4. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Tyler Dibling replaces Jack Stephens.
  5. 52' Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Southampton. Jay Robinson replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
  7. 57' Substitution, Southampton. Will Smallbone replaces Mateus Fernandes.
  8. 66' Lesley Ugochukwu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 68' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Jordan Ayew.
  11. 75' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces Lesley Ugochukwu.
  13. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Jake Evans replaces Kasey McAteer.
  14. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  15. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jamie Vardy.
  16. 90'+4' Substitution, Leicester City. Michael Golding replaces Oliver Skipp.

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