LEICESTER. Leicester City overcomes Liverpool 1-0 after A. Lookman scored just 1 goal (59′). Liverpool was decisively better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

M. Salah missed a decisive penalty (16′). That would have allowed Liverpool to draw the match.​

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver assisted by Simon Long and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was David Coote. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 63% while Leicester City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 119 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester City shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Liverpool shot 21 times, 4 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Leicester City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (J. Matip).

Standings

After playing this match, Leicester City will have 25 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Liverpool will stay with 41 points like Chelsea to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will host Norwich City on the 1st of January with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (2 draws).

Liverpool will play away agasint Chelsea on the 2nd of January with a 16-14 head to head statistic in favor of Liverpool (15 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

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

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (8.0), Timothy Castagne (7.1), Daniel Amartey (8.3), Wilfred Ndidi (7.3), Luke Thomas (7.5), Hamza Choudhury (7.0), Boubakary Soumaré (7.1), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.1), James Maddison (6.1), Jamie Vardy (7.1) and Kelechi Iheanacho (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Danny Ward, Ben Nelson, Ademola Lookman (7.3), Vontae Daley-Campbell, Jannik Vestergaard, Kasey McAteer, Ayoze Pérez, Marc Albrighton (6.9) and Youri Tielemans (6.2).

Leicester City could not rely on the presence of M. Albrighton (injured).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 3 changes: K. Iheanacho for Y. Tielemans (56′), H. Choudhury for A. Lookman (56′) and J. Maddison for M. Albrighton (68′).

Best player: Daniel Amartey​

The most impressive player for Leicester City was Daniel Amartey even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Liverpool – Formation

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

Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (6.3), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.1), Joël Matip (7.6), Virgil van Dijk (7.4), Konstantinos Tsimikas (7.2), Jordan Henderson (6.9), Fabinho (6.9), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.0), Mohamed Salah (6.4), Diogo Jota (7.3) and Sadio Mané (6.5).

They had on the bench: Joe Gomez, James Milner (7.0), Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konaté, Roberto Firmino (6.4), Neco Williams, Naby Keïta (7.1), Caoimhin Kelleher and Owen Beck.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain for N. Keita (55′), Fabinho for J. Milner (64′) and J. Henderson for R. Firmino (70′).

Best player: Joël Matip​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Joël Matip.

His rating is (7.6) with 66 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Crystal Palace – Norwich City – 3-0
• Leicester City – Liverpool – 1-0
• Southampton – Tottenham Hotspur – 1-1
• Watford – West Ham United – 1-4