LEICESTER. Leicester City beat Cardiff City to win 2-1. A goal from C. Casadei was decisive in the 90min. It was Leicester City to strike first with a goal of Wanya Marcal-Madivadua at the 36′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Cesare Casadei gave the win to Leicester City in the 90′ minute with a goal. Leicester City was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 31,595 spectators.​ The referee was Graham Scott who was helped by Tim Wood and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.31 degrees Celsius or 72.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Leicester City had a strong ball possession 65% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match​.

Leicester City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Cardiff City shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 1 yellow card (Stephy Mavididi). Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City received 6 yellow cards (Aaron Ramsey, Dimitris Goutas, Jamilu Collins, Jack Simpson, Mahlon Romeo and ).

Standings

After this encounter, Leicester City has 9 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City stays with 1 points (20th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Leicester City will play away with Millwall on the 9th of April with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Millwall (1 draw).

Cardiff City will play away agasint Birmingham City on the 10th of April with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

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

The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Jakub Stolarczyk, Mads Hermansen (6.8), Ricardo Pereira (7.0), Wout Faes (7.0), Jannik Vestergaard (7.0), Callum Doyle (7.2), Wilfred Ndidi (7.0), Harry Winks (7.3), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.6), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (7.7), Kelechi Iheanacho (7.7) and Stephy Mavididi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Danny Ward, James Justin, Benjamin Nelson, Jamie Vardy (6.5), Hamza Choudhury, Cesare Casadei (6.7), Luke Thomas and Marc Albrighton.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 3 changes: Wilfred Ndidi for Cesare Casadei (62′), Kelechi Iheanacho for Jamie Vardy (76′) and Wanya Marcal-Madivadua for Marc Albrighton (88′).

Best player: Kelechi Iheanacho​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Kelechi Iheanacho even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 30 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Cardiff City – Formation

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

Erol Bulut played with: Ebou Adams, Perry Ng, Jak Alnwick (7.0), Mahlon Romeo (7.2), Mark McGuinness (6.7), Dimitris Goutas (6.8), Jamilu Collins (7.0), Joe Ralls (7.1), Ryan Wintle (6.6), Josh Bowler (6.9), Aaron Ramsey (7.5) and Callum O’Dowda (6.8), Ike Ugbo (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Karlan Grant (6.9), Ollie Tanner, Kion Etete, Jack Simpson (6.6), Yakou Méïté (6.7), Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Callum Robinson (6.8) and Manolis Siopis (6.7).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: Ike Ugbo for Yakou Méïté (46′), Joe Ralls for Manolis Siopis (61′), Josh Bowler for Karlan Grant (66′), Aaron Ramsey for Callum Robinson (77′) and Dimitris Goutas for Jack Simpson (77′).

Best player: Aaron Ramsey​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Aaron Ramsey.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 34 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Swansea City – Coventry City – 1-1
• Sunderland – Rotherham United – 2-1
• Stoke City – Watford – 1-0
• Sheffield Wednesday – Preston North End – 0-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Ipswich Town – 0-1
• Plymouth Argyle – Southampton – 1-2
• Middlesbrough – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
• Leicester City – Cardiff City – 2-1
• Bristol City – Birmingham City – 0-2
• Blackburn Rovers – Hull City – 1-2