LEICESTER. Arsenal overcomes Leicester City 1-0 after G. Martinelli scored just 1 goal (46′). Arsenal was surely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

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 32,227 spectators.​ The referee was Craig Pawson who had the assistance of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Arsenal had a strong ball possession 66% while Leicester City was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Arsenal had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arsenal won the contest.​

Leicester City shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Arsenal shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Leicester City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Arsenal received 1 yellow card (Gabriel Martinelli).

Standings

After this match, Leicester City will stay with 24 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Arsenal will have 57 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will host Liverpool on the 13th of May with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).

Arsenal will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 13th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Arsenal (3 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Danny Ward (6.4), Timothy Castagne (6.3), Harry Souttar (6.6), Wout Faes (6.5), Victor Kristiansen (6.8), Dennis Praet (6.8), Wilfred Ndidi (6.9), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.1), Tetê (6.1), Kelechi Iheanacho (6.4) and Harvey Barnes (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Iversen, Daniel Amartey, Luke Thomas, Ricardo Pereira (6.4), Nampalys Mendy, Youri Tielemans (6.6), Boubakary Soumaré (6.5), Jamie Vardy (6.9) and Patson Daka (6.4).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 5 changes: Kelechi Iheanacho for Jamie Vardy (62′), Tetê for Youri Tielemans (62′), Dennis Praet  for Patson Daka (77′), Wilfred Ndidi for Boubakary Soumaré (77′) and Timothy Castagne for Ricardo Pereira (85′).

Best player: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

His rating is (7.1) with 23 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Arsenal – Formation

Also Arsenal adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Mikel Arteta Amatriain played with: Aaron Ramsdale (7.0), Benjamin White (7.1), William Saliba (7.1), Gabriel Magalhães (7.5), Oleksandr Zinchenko (7.6), Martin Ødegaard (6.5), Jorginho (7.0), Granit Xhaka (6.8), Bukayo Saka (7.0), Leandro Trossard (7.2) and Gabriel Martinelli (7.2).

They had on the bench: Matt Turner, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Thomas Partey (6.3), Emile Smith Rowe, Fábio Vieira, Jakub Kiwior and Edward Nketiah (6.9).

Substitutions

Arsenal made 3 changes: Leandro Trossard for Edward Nketiah (70′), Martin Ødegaard for Thomas Partey (84′) and Oleksandr Zinchenko for Takehiro Tomiyasu (90′).

Best player: Oleksandr Zinchenko​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arsenal was Oleksandr Zinchenko even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 69 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• West Ham United – Nottingham Forest – 4-0
• Leicester City – Arsenal – 0-1
• Leeds United – Southampton – 1-0
• Everton – Aston Villa – 0-2
• Crystal Palace – Liverpool – 0-0
• AFC Bournemouth – Manchester City – 1-4