LEICESTER. Leicester City crushes Huddersfield Town 4-1 with goals of Thomas Cannon (40′), Ricardo Pereira (47′), Thomas Cannon (61′) and Stephy Mavididi (77′). Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town scored with Michał Helik (63′). Leicester City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 30,407 spectators. The referee was Samuel Allison with the support of Mark Dwyer and Mark Pottage. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.62 degrees Celsius or 43.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 74 Ball Possession 26
Shots
- 19 Total 12
- 6 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 154 Attack 70
- 72 Dangerous attack 24
- 73 Ball safe 62
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 4 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Leicester City had a strong ball possession 74% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leicester City was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match.
Leicester City shot 19 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Leicester City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (Loick Ayina).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Leicester City has 65 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Huddersfield Town will stays with 25 points to hold in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Leicester City will play away against Coventry City on the 13th of January with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (6 draws).
Huddersfield Town will host Plymouth Argyle on the 13th of January with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Plymouth Argyle (0 draws).
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
80'
47'
Leicester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Patson Daka, Wilfred Ndidi, Mads Hermansen , James Justin , Jannik Vestergaard , Wout Faes , Ricardo Pereira , Cesare Casadei , Harry Winks , Abdul Fatawu Issahaku , Yunus Akgün , Stephy Mavididi and Thomas Cannon .
The home team had on the bench: Hamza Choudhury, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Conor Coady, Callum Doyle , Marc Albrighton , Tawanda Maswanhise, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Jakub Stolarczyk and Benjamin Nelson.
Substitutions
Leicester City made 3 changes: James Justin for Callum Doyle (80′), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku for Marc Albrighton (80′) and Stephy Mavididi for Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (89′).
Player of the match: James Justin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was James Justin even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 102 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
76'
Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Darren Moore played with: Jonathan Hogg, Lee Nicholls , Tom Lees , Michał Helik , Yuta Nakayama , David Kasumu , Ben Wiles , Rarmani Edmonds-Green , Jack Rudoni , Jaheim Headley , Sorba Thomas , Josh Koroma .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacob Chapman, Brahima Diarra , Kyle Hudlin, Josh Austerfield, Loick Ayina , Tom Iorpenda, Michael Stone and Conor Falls.
Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Loick Ayina (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 2 changes: Jaheim Headley for Loick Ayina (37′) and Ben Wiles for Brahima Diarra (79′).
Player of the match: Michał Helik
The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Michał Helik.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
- Sunderland – Preston North End – 2-0
- Stoke City – Ipswich Town – 0-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Hull City – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Watford – 3-3
- Norwich City – Southampton – 1-1
- Middlesbrough – Coventry City – 1-3
- Leicester City – Huddersfield Town – 4-1
- Leeds United – Birmingham City – 3-0
- Bristol City – Millwall – 0-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Rotherham United – 2-2
