LEICESTER. Leicester City manages to recover against Burnley with an own goal from J. Vardy 12′ and a goal on the M. Cornet 40′. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%)
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Chris Kavanagh with the assistance of Adam Nunn and Neil Davies. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.9 degrees Celsius or 71.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
5'
46'
37', 85'
Leicester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Ricardo Pereira , Çağlar Söyüncü , Jannik Vestergaard , Ryan Bertrand , Youri Tielemans , Wilfred Ndidi , Boubakary Soumaré , Ademola Lookman , Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes .
The home team had on the bench: James Maddison , Ayoze Pérez, Kelechi Iheanacho , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Timothy Castagne , Danny Ward, Patson Daka, Jonny Evans and Marc Albrighton.
Best player: Jamie Vardy
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was Jamie Vardy.
His rating is with 2 goals, 19 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Burnley – Formation
Burnley
Burnley started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Sean Dyche played with: Nick Pope , Matthew Lowton , James Tarkowski , Ben Mee , Charlie Taylor , Dwight McNeil , Ashley Westwood , Josh Brownhill , Maxwel Cornet , Matěj Vydra and Chris Wood .
They had on the bench: Phil Bardsley, Ashley Barnes , Nathan Collins, Jóhann Guðmundsson , Jack Cork, Aaron Lennon , Erik Pieters, Bobby Thomas and Wayne Hennessey.
Burnley could not rely on the presence of J. Gudmundsson (injured) and A. Barnes (injured).
Best player: Matthew Lowton
The player that probably impressed the most for Burnley was Matthew Lowton.
His rating is with 24 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 2 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 22 Total 10
- 3 On Target 5
- 19 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 99 Attack 99
- 75 Dangerous attack 39
- 93 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 67% while Burnley was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Leicester City was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Leicester City to win the match.
Leicester City shot 22 times, 3 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Burnley shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (J. Vestergaard and H. Barnes). On the opposite side, Burnley received 4 yellow cards (M. Cornet, A. Westwood, J. Gudmundsson and J. Tarkowski).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Leicester City will have 7 points like Watford to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Burnley will have 2 points to stay in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will play away with Crystal Palace on the 3rd of October with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (7 draws).
Burnley will host Norwich City on the 2nd of October with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Burnley (2 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Chelsea – Manchester City – 0-1
- Everton – Norwich City – 2-0
- Leeds United – West Ham United – 1-2
- Leicester City – Burnley – 2-2
- Manchester United – Aston Villa – 0-1
- Watford – Newcastle United – 1-1
- Brentford – Liverpool – 3-3
