LEICESTER. Leicester City prevailed over Millwall. Leicester City was truly better in terms of ball possession (78%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 28,960 spectators.​ The referee was Keith Stroud with the help of Lee Venamore and Ian Cooper. The 4th official was Scott Oldham. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.67 degrees Celsius or 42.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Leicester City

3 - 2

Millwall

  • ! 78 Ball Possession 22
Shots
  • 15 Total 11
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 5 Off Target 1
  • 4 Shots blocked 4
  • 159 Attack 67
  • 53 Dangerous attack 26
  • 67 Ball safe 46
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 4 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Leicester City had a superior ball possession 78% while Millwall was struggling with a 22% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match​.

Leicester City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Millwall shot 11 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (Conor Coady and Wout Faes). On the other side, Millwall received 4 yellow cards (George Saville, Murray Wallace, Jake Cooper and Wes Harding).

Match Timeline

10'
Tom Bradshaw(goal)Murray Wallace
13'
Wes Harding- Yellow
21'
Jake Cooper- Yellow
24'
Murray Wallace- Yellow
Conor Coady- Yellow
37'
46'
Danny McNamara- sub ->Murray Wallace
Jannik Vestergaard(goal)Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
48'
P. Daka(goal)Wilfred Ndidi
52'
J. Justin- sub ->Conor Coady
59'
Thomas Cannon- sub ->Patson Daka
71'
74'
George Saville- Yellow
74'
Zian Flemming- sub ->Duncan Watmore
74'
Kevin Nisbet- sub ->Tom Bradshaw
Ricardo Pereira(goal)
78'
Dennis Praet- sub ->Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
79'
Wout Faes- Yellow
82'
82'
Ryan Longman- sub ->George Honeyman
83'
Billy Mitchell- sub ->Allan Campbell
90'
Kevin Nisbet(goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
97
46
Ipswich Town
96
46
Leeds United
90
46
Southampton
87
46
West Bromwich Albion
75
46
Norwich City
73
46
Hull City
70
46
Middlesbrough
69
46
Coventry City
64
46
Preston North End
63
46
Bristol City
62
46
Cardiff City
62
46
Millwall
59
46
Swansea City
57
46
Watford
56
46
Sunderland
56
46
Stoke City
56
46
Queens Park Rangers
56
46
Blackburn Rovers
53
46
Sheffield Wednesday
53
46
Plymouth Argyle
51
46
Birmingham City
50
46
Huddersfield Town
45
46
Rotherham United
27
46

After this match, Leicester City has 52 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Millwall will stays with 21 points like Huddersfield Town to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Leicester City will play away against Birmingham City on the 16th of December with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (3 draws).

Millwall will host Huddersfield Town on the 16th of December with a 13-8 head to head record in favor of Huddersfield Town (3 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City
G
Mads Hermansen 30.Denmark
7.0
D
Conor Coady 4.England
7.0
59' 37'
D
Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal
8.2
78'
D
Wout Faes 3.Belgium
8.5
82'
D
Jannik Vestergaard 23.Denmark
8.7
48'
M
Harry Winks 8.England
7.1
M
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England
7.3
79'
M
Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria
7.7
F
Stephy Mavididi 10.England
6.6
F
A. Fatawu 18.Ghana
7.3
F
P. Daka 20.Zambia
7.9
71' 52'
Substitutes
G
D. Ward 1.Wales
G
J. Stolarczyk 41.Poland
D
Ben Nelson 45.Scotland
D
J. Justin 2.England
7.0
59'
M
Cesare Casadei 7.Italy
M
Dennis Praet 26.Belgium
6.6
79'
M
Tawanda Maswanhise 39.England
M
Hamza Choudhury 17.England
F
Thomas Cannon 28.England
6.4
71'

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

The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Mads Hermansen (7.0), Ricardo Pereira (8.2), Conor Coady (7.0), Jannik Vestergaard (8.7), Wout Faes (8.5), Wilfred Ndidi (7.7), Harry Winks (7.1), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.3), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (7.3), Patson Daka (7.9) and Stephy Mavididi (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: James Justin (7.0), Hamza Choudhury, Danny Ward, Cesare Casadei, Dennis Praet (6.6), Thomas Cannon (6.4), Tawanda Maswanhise, Jakub Stolarczyk and Benjamin Nelson.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 3 changes: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Dennis Praet (79′), Conor Coady for James Justin (59′) and Patson Daka for Thomas Cannon (71′).

Player of the match: Jannik Vestergaard​

The most impressive player for Leicester City was Jannik Vestergaard.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 162 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 17.

Millwall – Formation

Millwall
G
Matija Sarkic 20.Montenegro
5.7
D
Jake Cooper 5.England
7.0
21'
D
Ryan Leonard 18.England
6.6
D
Wes Harding 45.Jamaica
6.3
13'
M
George Saville 23.Northern Ireland
6.7
74'
M
George Honeyman 39.England
6.7
82'
M
Murray Wallace 3.Scotland
7.3
46' 24'
M
Allan Campbell 14.Scotland
6.7
83'
M
B. Norton-Cuffy 17.England
6.8
F
Tom Bradshaw 9.Wales
7.3
74' 10'
F
Duncan Watmore 19.England
6.3
74'
Substitutes
G
Bartosz Bialkowski 33.Poland
D
Danny McNamara 2.England
6.3
46'
D
Shaun Hutchinson 4.England
M
Romain Esse 25.England
M
Billy Mitchell 8.England
7.0
83'
M
Zian Flemming 10.Netherlands
6.4
74'
F
Aidomo Emakhu 22.Republic of Ireland
F
Kevin Nisbet 7.Scotland
7.7
74' 90'
F
Ryan Longman 11.England
6.4
82'

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

Joe Edwards played with: Matija Sarkic  (5.7), Ryan Leonard (6.6), Jake Cooper (7.0), Wes Harding (6.3), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.8), Allan Campbell (6.7), George Saville (6.7), Murray Wallace (7.3), George Honeyman (6.7), Tom Bradshaw (7.3) and Duncan Watmore (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Shaun Hutchinson, Kevin Nisbet (7.7), Billy Mitchell (7.0), Zian Flemming (6.4), Ryan Longman (6.4), Danny McNamara (6.3), Aidomo Emakhu, Romain Esse and Bartosz Bialkowski.

Substitutions

Millwall made 5 changes: Allan Campbell for Billy Mitchell (83′), George Honeyman for Ryan Longman (82′), Murray Wallace for Danny McNamara (46′), Tom Bradshaw for Kevin Nisbet (74′) and Duncan Watmore for Zian Flemming (74′).

Player of the match: Kevin Nisbet​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Kevin Nisbet.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 3 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

His performance was sensational also because he began the encounter from the bench before entering in the 74′.

Results of the day

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