MIDDLESBROUGH. Middlesbrough defeats Leicester City 1-0 after S. Greenwood scored just 1 goal (83′). Leicester City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%).​

The match was played at the Riverside Stadium stadium in Middlesbrough on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford assisted by Hristo Karaivanov and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.24 degrees Celsius or 46.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Leicester City had a superior ball possession 67% while Middlesbrough was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Middlesbrough was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Middlesbrough shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards (Matt Crooks, Morgan Rogers, Jonathan Howson and Isaiah Jones). Talking about the opposition, Leicester City received 3 yellow cards (Jannik Vestergaard, Hamza Choudhury and Harry Winks).

Standings

After playing this match, Middlesbrough will have 24 points like Cardiff City to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City will stay with 39 points like Ipswich Town to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Middlesbrough will play away with Hull City on the 10th of April with a 12-9 head to head in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).

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

Middlesbrough – Formation

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

The manager Michael Carrick decided to play with the following team: Seny Dieng (8.2), Rav van den Berg (7.3), Dael Fry (7.5), Paddy McNair (7.0), Lukas Engel (7.0), Jonathan Howson (7.1), Hayden Hackney (6.4), Isaiah Jones (7.3), Matt Crooks (6.4), Sam Greenwood (7.1) and Josh Coburn (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Barlaser, Matthew Clarke, Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.4), Morgan Rogers (6.4), Alexander Gilbert, Anfernee Dijksteel, Samuel Silvera, Tom Glover and Alex Bangura.

Substitutions

Middlesbrough made 3 changes: Josh Coburn for Emmanuel Latte Lath (73′), Matt Crooks for Morgan Rogers (68′) and Isaiah Jones for Anfernee Dijksteel (90′).

Best player: Seny Dieng​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Middlesbrough was the goalkeeper: Seny Dieng. His rating is 8.16. He performed 4 saves.

Leicester City – Formation

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

Enzo Maresca played with: Mads Hermansen (7.5), Kasey McAteer (6.3), Wout Faes (7.5), Jannik Vestergaard (7.5), James Justin (7.7), Hamza Choudhury (7.3), Harry Winks (7.5), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.5), Ricardo Pereira (8.1), Kelechi Iheanacho (6.6) and Stephy Mavididi (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Cesare Casadei, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (6.4), Conor Coady, Jamie Vardy (6.7), Marc Albrighton, Harry Souttar, Patson Daka, Thomas Cannon and Jakub Stolarczyk.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 2 changes: Kasey McAteer for Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (58′) and Hamza Choudhury for Jamie Vardy (85′).

Best player: Ricardo Pereira​

The most impressive player for Leicester City was Ricardo Pereira.

His rating is (8.1) with 45 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Watford – Rotherham United – 5-0
• Sunderland – Birmingham City – 3-1
• Southampton – West Bromwich Albion – 2-1
• Sheffield Wednesday – Millwall – 0-4
• Queens Park Rangers – Bristol City – 0-0
• Middlesbrough – Leicester City – 1-0
• Leeds United – Plymouth Argyle – 2-1
• Ipswich Town – Swansea City – 3-2
• Hull City – Huddersfield Town – 1-0
• Coventry City – Stoke City – 0-0
• Cardiff City – Norwich City – 2-3