LEICESTER. Hull City beats Leicester City 1-0 after L. Delap scored just 1 goal (15′). Leicester City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
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 John Busby with the help of Richard Wild and Ian Cooper. The 4th official was Seb Stockbridge. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.63 degrees Celsius or 70.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 21 Total 7
- 1 On Target 4
- 13 Off Target 1
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 119 Attack 56
- 78 Dangerous attack 19
- 61 Ball safe 55
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
Fouls
- 14 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Leicester City had a superior ball possession 65% while Hull City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leicester City was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Hull City was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Leicester City shot 21 times, 1 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Hull City shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Leicester City received 3 yellow cards (Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Harry Winks and Jannik Vestergaard). On the opposite side, Hull City received 5 yellow cards (Alfie Jones, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Jacob Greaves, Rúben Vinagre and Lewie Coyle).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Leicester City will stay with 12 points like Ipswich Town to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Hull City will have 10 points like Norwich City and Southampton to sit in the 6th place.
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 record in favor of Millwall (1 draw).
Hull City will host Middlesbrough on the 10th of April with a 12-9 head to head stats in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
58'
53'
Leicester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: James Justin, Marc Albrighton, Hamza Choudhury, Jakub Stolarczyk, Mads Hermansen , Wout Faes , Jannik Vestergaard , Callum Doyle , Ricardo Pereira , Wilfred Ndidi , Harry Winks , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Yunus Akgün , Kelechi Iheanacho and Kasey McAteer .
The home team had on the bench: Cesare Casadei , Jamie Vardy , Stephy Mavididi , Benjamin Nelson, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku .
Substitutions
Leicester City made 4 changes: Kasey McAteer for Stephy Mavididi (53′), Yunus Akgün for Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (53′), Wilfred Ndidi for Cesare Casadei (53′) and Kelechi Iheanacho for Jamie Vardy (68′).
Best player: Harry Winks
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was Harry Winks.
His rating is with 77 passes (97% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Hull City – Formation
Hull City
15'
Hull City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Liam Rosenior played with: Ozan Tufan, Matt Ingram , Lewie Coyle , Alfie Jones , Jacob Greaves , Rúben Vinagre , Regan Slater , Jean Michaël Seri , Liam Delap , Adama Traoré , Scott Twine , Aaron Connolly .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sean McLoughlin , Harry Vaughan, Cyrus Christie , Thimothee Lo-Tutala, Andy Smith, Jason Lokilo, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Doğukan Sinik and Ryan Allsop.
Substitutions
Hull City made 4 changes: Aaron Connolly for Jason Lokilo (74′), Adama Traoré for Cyrus Christie (65′), Liam Delap for Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (84′) and Rúben Vinagre for Sean McLoughlin (65′).
Best player: Liam Delap
The player that probably impressed the most for Hull City was Liam Delap.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Huddersfield Town – 1-2
- Swansea City – Bristol City – 1-2
- Sunderland – Southampton – 5-0
- Stoke City – Preston North End – 0-2
- Rotherham United – Norwich City – 2-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Blackburn Rovers – 3-0
- Middlesbrough – Queens Park Rangers – 0-2
- Leicester City – Hull City – 0-1
- Leeds United – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-0
- Ipswich Town – Cardiff City – 3-2
- Coventry City – Watford – 3-3
- Birmingham City – Millwall – 1-1
