Leicester City tops Blackburn Rovers 4-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BLACKBURN. Leicester City had a comfortable win over Blackburn Rovers.

By
Mark Hall
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Leicester City tops Blackburn Rovers 4-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BLACKBURN. Leicester City had a easy win over Blackburn Rovers. Leicester City scored with Wout Faes (4′), Jamie Vardy (28′), Kelechi Iheanacho (82′) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (88′). On the other side, Sammie Szmodics (9′) scored for Blackburn Rovers.

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Sunday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was James Linington with the help of Jonathan Hunt and Black Antrobus. The 4th official was Matt Donohue. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Blackburn Rovers

1 - 4

Team 1

Leicester City

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 15 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 6 Shots blocked 4
  • 110 Attack 92
  • 68 Dangerous attack 30
  • 59 Ball safe 87
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 6
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 6 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Blackburn Rovers shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Leicester City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Hayden Carter and Adam Wharton). Regarding the opposition, Leicester City received 3 yellow cards (Stephy Mavididi, Jannik Vestergaard and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku).

Match Timeline

4'
Wout Faes(goal)Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Sammie Szmodics(goal)Lewis Travis
9'
15'
A. Fatawu- Yellow
28'
Jamie Vardy (goal)Wilfred Ndidi
30'
Stephy Mavididi- Yellow
46'
Jannik Vestergaard- Yellow
Hayden Carter- Yellow
48'
58'
K. McAteer- sub ->Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
T. Dolan- sub ->Arnór Sigurdsson
61'
Leopold Wahlstedt- sub ->Aynsley Pears
62'
70'
70'
Yunus Akgün- sub ->Stephy Mavididi
71'
Hamza Choudhury- sub ->Ricardo Pereira
76'
76'
Kelechi Iheanacho- sub ->Jamie Vardy
82'
Kelechi Iheanacho(penalty)
S. Telalović- sub ->Dilan Markanday
83'
S. Tronstad- sub ->Adam Wharton
83'
88'
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall(goal)Yunus Akgün
J. Rankin-Costello- sub ->Harry Pickering
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
94
44
Leeds United
90
45
Ipswich Town
89
43
Southampton
84
44
West Bromwich Albion
72
44
Norwich City
72
44
Hull City
69
44
Coventry City
63
43
Middlesbrough
63
44
Preston North End
63
44
Cardiff City
62
44
Bristol City
59
44
Sunderland
56
44
Swansea City
56
44
Watford
53
44
Queens Park Rangers
53
45
Millwall
53
44
Stoke City
50
44
Blackburn Rovers
49
44
Plymouth Argyle
48
44
Sheffield Wednesday
47
44
Birmingham City
46
44
Huddersfield Town
44
44
Rotherham United
24
44

After this match, Blackburn Rovers will stay with 10 points like Stoke City and Huddersfield Town to remain in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City will have 24 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away with Bristol City on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head stats.

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

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers
G
A. Pears 1.England
6.4
62'
D
Callum Brittain 2.England
7.1
D
Harry Pickering 3.England
7.3
88'
D
Dominic Hyam 5.Scotland
6.3
D
Hayden Carter 17.England
5.8
48'
M
D. Markanday 18.England
7.0
83'
M
Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland
7.0
M
A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland
6.8
61'
M
Adam Wharton 23.England
7.1
83' 70'
M
Lewis Travis 27.England
7.5
F
Sammie Szmodics 8.England
8.1
Goals9'
F
H. Leonard 20.England
Substitutes
G
Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden
6.8
62'
D
James Hill 4.England
D
S. Wharton 16.England
M
S. Tronstad 6.Norway
6.4
83'
M
J. Rankin-Costello 11.England
6.8
88'
M
Z. Gilsenan 22.England
M
J. Garrett 30.England
M
T. Dolan 10.England
6.4
61'
F
S. Telalović 33.Germany
6.4
83'

Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Harry Leonard, Aynsley Pears (6.4), Callum Brittain (7.1), Hayden Carter (5.8), Dominic Hyam (6.3), Harry Pickering (7.3), Lewis Travis (7.5), Adam Wharton (7.1), Dilan Markanday (7.0), Andrew Moran (7.0), Arnór Sigurdsson (6.8) and Sammie Szmodics (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Tyrhys Dolan (6.4), James Hill, Sondre Tronstad (6.4), Joe Rankin-Costello (6.8), Leopold Wahlstedt (6.8), Scott Wharton, Zak Gilsenan, Jake Garrett and Semir Telalović (6.4).

Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Leopold Wahlstedt (injured).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 5 changes: Aynsley Pears for Leopold Wahlstedt (62′), Arnór Sigurdsson for Tyrhys Dolan (61′), Harry Pickering for Joe Rankin-Costello (88′), Dilan Markanday for Semir Telalović (83′) and Adam Wharton for Sondre Tronstad (83′).

Best player: Sammie Szmodics​

The most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Sammie Szmodics.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 30 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City
G
Mads Hermansen 30.Denmark
6.7
D
J. Justin 2.England
7.1
D
Wout Faes 3.Belgium
7.8
Goals4'
D
Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal
7.0
71'
D
Jannik Vestergaard 23.Denmark
7.3
46'
M
Harry Winks 8.England
7.0
M
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England
8.2
Goals88'
M
Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria
7.5
F
A. Fatawu 18.Ghana
7.7
58' 15'
F
Jamie Vardy  9.England
7.5
76' Goals28'
F
Stephy Mavididi 10.England
7.0
70' 30'
Substitutes
G
J. Stolarczyk 41.Poland
D
Conor Coady 4.England
D
Harry Souttar 15.Australia
M
Cesare Casadei 7.Italy
6.7
76'
M
Hamza Choudhury 17.England
7.0
71'
M
K. McAteer 35.England
6.4
58'
F
Kelechi Iheanacho 14.Nigeria
7.1
76' Goals82'
F
P. Daka 20.Zambia
F
Yunus Akgün 29.Turkey
7.3
70'

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

Enzo Maresca played with: Mads Hermansen (6.7), Ricardo Pereira (7.0), Wout Faes (7.8), Jannik Vestergaard (7.3), James Justin (7.1), Wilfred Ndidi (7.5), Harry Winks (7.0), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (8.2), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (7.7), Jamie Vardy (7.5), Stephy Mavididi (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Kasey McAteer (6.4), Conor Coady, Cesare Casadei (6.7), Kelechi Iheanacho (7.1), Harry Souttar, Hamza Choudhury (7.0), Patson Daka, Yunus Akgün (7.3) and Jakub Stolarczyk.

Leicester City could not rely on the presence of Cesare Casadei (injured), Kelechi Iheanacho (injured) and Yunus Akgün (injured).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 5 changes: Ricardo Pereira for Hamza Choudhury (71′), Kasey McAteer for Cesare Casadei (76′), Jamie Vardy for Kelechi Iheanacho (76′), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku for Kasey McAteer (58′) and Stephy Mavididi for Yunus Akgün (70′).

Best player: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall​

The most impressive player for Leicester City was Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 44 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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