LEICESTER. Leicester City overcomes Swansea City 3-1. Leicester City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (3′), Stephy Mavididi (69′) and Yunus Akgün (72′). Swansea City reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 5′) by Joe Allen, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 28,025 spectators. The referee was Keith Stroud who had the assistance of Lee Venamore and Mark Russell. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.34 degrees Celsius or 43.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 8 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 73 Attack 88
- 33 Dangerous attack 32
- 71 Ball safe 69
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Leicester City had a superior ball possession 55% while Swansea City was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leicester City was more pushing with 33 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match.
Leicester City shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Swansea City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Leicester City received 1 yellow card (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall). On the opposite side, Swansea City received 1 yellow card (Nathan Wood).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Leicester City has 69 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Swansea City will stays with 33 points like Plymouth Argyle, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Leicester City will play away against Stoke City on the 3rd of February with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (6 draws).
Swansea City will host Plymouth Argyle on the 3rd of February with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
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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: Danny Ward, James Justin, Mads Hermansen , Ricardo Pereira , Wout Faes , Jannik Vestergaard , Callum Doyle , Harry Winks , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Kasey McAteer , Dennis Praet , Stephy Mavididi and Patson Daka .
The home team had on the bench: Conor Coady, Marc Albrighton , Hamza Choudhury, Yunus Akgün , Jamie Vardy, Thomas Cannon , Jakub Stolarczyk, Benjamin Nelson and Arjan Raikhy .
Substitutions
Leicester City made 5 changes: Dennis Praet for Yunus Akgün (54′), Kasey McAteer for Marc Albrighton (80′), Patson Daka for Thomas Cannon (80′), Jannik Vestergaard for Ben Nelson (88′) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Arjan Raikhy (88′).
Player of the match: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
Swansea City started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Luke Williams played with: Carl Rushworth , Harry Darling , Nathan Wood , Bashir Humphreys , Josh Tymon , Harrison Ashby , Jay Fulton , Matt Grimes , Liam Cullen , Jamie Paterson , Jerry Yates .
These were the players on the bench: Andrew Fisher, Joe Allen , Charlie Patino, Kyle Naughton , Kristian Pedersen, Ben Cabango , Mykola Kukharevych, Oliver Cooper and Ronald .
Swansea City could not rely on the presence of Kyle Naughton (injured).
Substitutions
Swansea City made 5 changes: Harrison Ashby for Ronald (46′), Harry Darling for Kyle Naughton (61′), Bashir Humphreys for Ben Cabango (71′), Jay Fulton for Joe Allen (80′) and Liam Cullen for Oliver Cooper (81′).
Player of the match: Jamie Paterson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Jamie Paterson.
His rating is with 22 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
