Leicester City liquidates Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 . HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Leicester City obliterates Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 with goals of

February 14, 2023

LEICESTER. Leicester City annihilates Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 with goals of Nampalys Mendy (23′), James Maddison (25′), Kelechi Iheanacho (45′) and Harvey Barnes (82′). Talking about the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur scored with Rodrigo Bentancur (14′).

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 32,184 spectators. The referee was Michael Salisbury who was helped by Matthew Wilkes and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.5 degrees Celsius or 49.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.

Match Statistics

Leicester City

4 - 1

Tottenham Hotspur

49 Ball Possession 51

Shots

18 Total 11
7 On Target 4
10 Off Target 7
2 Shots blocked 2

142 Attack 91
30 Dangerous attack 35
102 Ball safe 98

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 5
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

14 Total 9
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Leicester City was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Tottenham Hotspur that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Tottenham Hotspur was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Leicester City managed to find the solution to win this contest.

Leicester City shot 18 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 5 yellow cards (Wout Faes, James Maddison , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes and H. Souttar). Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards (Rodrigo Bentancur and Eric Dier).

Match Timeline

Rodrigo Bentancur- Yellow

Wout Faes- Yellow

12'

14'

Rodrigo Bentancur(goal)

16'

Rodrigo Bentancur(var)

23'

25'

James Maddison(goal)Kelechi Iheanacho

40'

James Maddison- Yellow

Kelechi Iheanacho(goal)H. Souttar

45'

55'

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall- Yellow

59'

65'

Pape Matar Sarr- sub ->Rodrigo Bentancur

66'

Wilfred Ndidi- sub ->Nampalys Mendy

69'

71'

Harry Souttar- Yellow

74'

75'

Emerson Royal- sub ->Pedro Porro

75'

Richarlison- sub ->Ivan Perisic

75'

Dennis Praet- sub ->Tetê

77'

Jamie Vardy - sub ->Kelechi Iheanacho

77'

79'

82'

Ricardo Pereira- sub ->James Maddison

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After playing this contest, Leicester City will have 24 points like Nottingham Forest to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Tottenham Hotspur will stay with 39 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will host West Ham United on the 28th of May with a 7-7 head to head statistic.

Tottenham Hotspur will play away agasint Leeds United on the 28th of May with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (1 draw).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City

D. Ward 1.Wales

6.4

Timothy Castagne 27.Belgium

6.8

Wout Faes 3.Belgium

6.6

12'

Harry Souttar 15.Australia

6.8

74'

Victor Kristiansen 16.Denmark

7.3

Nampalys Mendy 24.Senegal

8.0

69'

23'

James Maddison 10.England

8.1

88'

40'

25'

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England

7.1

59'

Harvey Barnes 7.England

7.2

66'

82'

Tetê 37.Brazil

6.6

77'

Kelechi Iheanacho 14.Nigeria

8.3

77'

45'

Substitutes

Daniel Iversen 31.Denmark

Luke Thomas 33.England

Çağlar Söyüncü 4.Turkey

Daniel Amartey 18.Ghana

Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal

88'

Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria

6.2

69'

Dennis Praet 26.Belgium

7.0

77'

P. Daka 20.Zambia

Jamie Vardy 9.England

6.4

77'

Leicester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Danny Ward (6.4), Timothy Castagne (6.8), Harry Souttar (6.8), Wout Faes (6.6), Victor Kristiansen (7.3), Nampalys Mendy (8.0), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.1), Tetê (6.6), James Maddison (8.1), Harvey Barnes (7.2) and Kelechi Iheanacho (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Patson Daka, Wilfred Ndidi (6.2), Dennis Praet (7.0), Daniel Iversen, Luke Thomas, Çağlar Söyüncü, Daniel Amartey, Jamie Vardy (6.4) and Ricardo Pereira.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 4 changes: Nampalys Mendy for Wilfred Ndidi (69′), Tetê for Dennis Praet (77′), Kelechi Iheanacho for Jamie Vardy (77′) and James Maddison for Ricardo Pereira (88′).

Best player: Kelechi Iheanacho

The most impressive player for Leicester City was Kelechi Iheanacho.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 22 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur

Fraser Forster 20.England

5.8

Ben Davies 33.Wales

6.1

Eric Dier 15.England

6.2

55'

Japhet Tanganga 25.England

6.6

75'

Pedro Porro 23.Spain

6.6

75'

Ivan Perisic 14.Croatia

6.8

75'

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 5.Denmark

6.7

Rodrigo Bentancur 30.Uruguay

7.7

65'

14'

Dejan Kulusevski 21.Sweden

6.4

79'

Heung-min Son 7.South Korea

6.4

Harry Kane 10.England

6.3

Substitutes

Brandon Austin 40.England

Davinson Sánchez 6.Colombia

6.4

75'

Emerson Royal 12.Brazil

6.4

75'

C. Lenglet 34.France

Oliver Skipp 4.England

Pape Matar Sarr 29.Senegal

6.1

65'

Arnaut Danjuma 16.Netherlands

6.6

79'

Lucas Moura 27.Brazil

Richarlison 9.Brazil

6.8

75'

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Antonio Conte played with: Fraser Forster (5.8), Japhet Tanganga (6.6), Eric Dier (6.2), Ben Davies (6.1), Pedro Porro (6.6), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (6.7), Rodrigo Bentancur (7.7), Ivan Perišić (6.8), Dejan Kulusevski (6.4), Heung-min Son (6.4) and Harry Kane (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Davinson Sánchez (6.4), Oliver Skipp, Emerson Royal (6.4), Lucas Moura, Richarlison (6.8), Pape Matar Sarr (6.1), Arnaut Danjuma (6.6), Clément Lenglet and Brandon Austin.

Tottenham Hotspur could not rely on the presence of P. Sarr (injured).

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 5 changes: Rodrigo Bentancur for Pape Sarr (65′), Ivan Perisic for Richarlison (75′), Pedro Porro for Emerson (75′), J. Tanganga for Davinson Sánchez (75′) and Dejan Kulusevski for Arnaut Danjuma (79′).