Chelsea tops Leicester City 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Chelsea defeats Leicester City 3-1.

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Mark Hall
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Chelsea tops Leicester City 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Chelsea tops Leicester City 3-1.

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andre Marriner who was helped by Simon Long and Natalie Aspinall. The 4th official was Jarred Gillett. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.4 degrees Celsius or 39.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Leicester City

1 - 3

Team 1

Chelsea

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 17 Total 12
  • 7 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 6 Shots blocked 3
  • 138 Attack 105
  • 66 Dangerous attack 26
  • 100 Ball safe 112
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 10 Total 11
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Leicester City was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Chelsea that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Chelsea found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Chelsea shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (Wout Faes and Ricardo Pereira ). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 2 yellow cards (Wesley Fofana and Marc Cucurella).

Wout Faes (Leicester City) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (87′).

Match Timeline

11'
Ben Chilwell(goal)Kalidou Koulibaly
13'
Wesley Fofana - Yellow
Wout Faes- Yellow
19'
31'
Marc Cucurella- Yellow
34'
P. Daka(goal)Ricardo Pereira 
39'
45'
46'
Conor Gallagher- sub ->João Félix
Ricardo Pereira- Yellow
51'
66'
66'
66'
72'
73'
Trevoh Chalobah- sub ->Ruben Loftus-Cheek
75'
Mykhaylo Mudryk(var)
Jamie Vardy - sub ->Kelechi Iheanacho
76'
78'
79'
82'
Carney Chukwuemeka- sub ->Mykhaylo Mudryk
86'
Benoît Badiashile- sub ->Wesley Fofana
Wout Faes(yellowred)
87'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Manchester City
89
38
Arsenal
84
38
Manchester United
75
38
Newcastle United
71
38
Liverpool
67
38
Brighton & Hove Albion
62
38
Aston Villa
61
38
Tottenham Hotspur
60
38
Brentford
59
38
Fulham
52
38
Crystal Palace
45
38
Chelsea
44
38
Wolverhampton Wanderers
41
38
West Ham United
40
38
AFC Bournemouth
39
38
Nottingham Forest
38
38
Everton
36
38
Leicester City
34
38
Leeds United
31
38
Southampton
25
38

After this encounter, Leicester City will stay with 24 points like AFC Bournemouth to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea will have 37 points to hold in the 10th 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).

Chelsea will host Nottingham Forest on the 13th of May with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (1 draw).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City
G
D. Ward 1.Wales
6.3
D
Daniel Amartey 18.Ghana
6.2
66'
D
Wout Faes 3.Belgium
6.7
87'
D
Harry Souttar 15.Australia
6.8
M
Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal
6.7
51'
M
Timothy Castagne 27.Belgium
7.0
M
Nampalys Mendy 24.Senegal
7.4
66'
M
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England
6.5
F
James Maddison 10.England
7.7
90'
F
Kelechi Iheanacho 14.Nigeria
6.7
76'
F
P. Daka 20.Zambia
7.3
66' Goals39'
Substitutes
G
Daniel Iversen 31.Denmark
D
Luke Thomas 33.England
D
Jonny Evans 6.Northern Ireland
90'
M
Harvey Barnes  7.England
66'
M
Boubakary Soumaré 42.France
66'
M
Dennis Praet 26.Belgium
M
Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria
F
Jamie Vardy  9.England
76'
F
Tetê 37.Brazil
66'

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

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Danny Ward (6.3), Daniel Amartey (6.2), Harry Souttar (6.8), Wout Faes (6.7), Ricardo Pereira (6.7), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (6.5), Nampalys Mendy (7.4), Timothy Castagne (7.0), Kelechi Iheanacho (6.7), Patson Daka (7.3) and James Maddison (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Harvey Barnes, Boubakary Soumaré, Luke Thomas, Dennis Praet, Jamie Vardy, Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi, Tetê, Jonny Evans and Daniel Iversen.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 5 changes: P. Daka for Harvey Barnes (66′), Nampalys Mendy for Boubakary Soumaré (66′), Daniel Amartey for Mateus Martins (66′), Kelechi Iheanacho for Jamie Vardy (76′) and James Maddison  for Jonny Evans (90′).

Best player: James Maddison​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was James Maddison.

His rating is (7.7) with 33 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea
G
Kepa Arrizabalaga 1.Spain
6.8
D
Kalidou Koulibaly  26.Senegal
7.3
D
Marc Cucurella 32.Spain
6.5
31'
D
Wesley Fofana  33.France
6.8
86' 13'
M
Ben Chilwell 21.England
7.4
72' Goals11'
M
Mateo Kovacic 8.Croatia
6.6
Goals78'
M
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 12.England
6.6
73'
M
Enzo Fernández  5.Argentina
7.1
F
Kai Havertz 29.Germany
7.2
Goals45'
F
Mykhaylo Mudryk 15.Ukraine
6.6
82'
F
João Félix 11.Portugal
6.0
46'
Substitutes
G
Marcus Bettinelli 13.England
D
Trevoh Chalobah 14.England
73'
D
Benoît Badiashile 4.France
86'
M
Conor Gallagher 23.England
46'
M
Christian Pulisic  10.United States
6.4
72'
M
Carney Chukwuemeka 30.England
82'
M
Denis Zakaria 20.Switzerland
F
Noni Madueke 31.England
F
Hakim Ziyech 22.Morocco

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

Graham Potter played with: Kepa Arrizabalaga (6.8), Wesley Fofana (6.8), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.3), Marc Cucurella (6.5), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (6.6), Enzo Fernández (7.1), Mateo Kovačić (6.6), Ben Chilwell (7.3), Kai Havertz (7.2), Mykhaylo Mudryk (6.6) and João Félix (6.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Conor Gallagher, Christian Pulišić, Trevoh Chalobah, Chukwunonso Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka, Marcus Bettinelli, Benoît Badiashile, Hakim Ziyech and Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado.

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: João Félix for Conor Gallagher (46′), Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Trevoh Chalobah (73′), Ben Chilwell for Christian Pulišić (73′), Mykhaylo Mudryk for Carney Chukwuemeka (82′) and Wesley Fofana for Benoît Badiashile (86′).

Best player: Ben Chilwell​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Ben Chilwell.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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