SUNDERLAND. Leicester City defeats Sunderland 1-0 after J. Vardy scored just 1 goal (13′).

The match was played at the Stadium of Light stadium in Sunderland on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 40,293 spectators.​ The referee was Sunny Sukhvir Gill with the help of Andrew Fox and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.09 degrees Celsius or 44.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Sunderland was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Leicester City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sunderland was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Leicester City was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Sunderland shot 17 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sunderland received 1 yellow card (Luke O’Nien). On the opposite side, Leicester City received 3 yellow cards (Wilfred Ndidi, Mads Hermansen and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall).

Standings

After this match, Sunderland stays with 47 points like Cardiff City to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Leicester City will has 81 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sunderland will play away with Southampton on the 9th of March with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Sunderland (6 draws).

Leicester City will play away against Hull City on the 9th of March with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (5 draws).

Sunderland – Formation

Sunderland started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Mike Dodds decided to play with the following team: Anthony Patterson (7.9), Trai Hume (8.1), Jenson Seelt (7.1), Daniel Ballard (7.0), Luke O’Nien (6.7), Leo Fuhr Hjelde (7.0), Chris Rigg (7.5), Pierre Ekwah (6.4), Dan Neil (7.0), Jobe Bellingham (7.5) and Luís Semedo (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Romaine Mundle (6.6), Callum Styles (6.4), Timothée Pembélé, Mason Burstow, Nazariy Rusyn (7.1), Abdoullah Ba, Adil Aouchiche (7.3), Nathan Bishop and Caden Kelly.

Substitutions

Sunderland made 4 changes: Luís Semedo for Romaine Mundle (59′), Pierre Ekwah for Adil Aouchiche (60′), Jobe Bellingham for Nazariy Rusyn (82′) and Chris Rigg for Callum Styles (82′).

Player of the match: Trai Hume​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sunderland was Trai Hume.

His rating is 8.1 with 30 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Leicester City – Formation

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

Enzo Maresca played with: Dennis Praet, Mads Hermansen (8.5), Hamza Choudhury (7.1), Wout Faes (7.3), Conor Coady (7.7), Callum Doyle (7.5), Harry Winks (7.0), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.5), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (7.5), Yunus Akgün (6.8) and Stephy Mavididi (6.4), Jamie Vardy (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: James Justin (7.0), Patson Daka, Benjamin Nelson, Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho (6.4), Harry Souttar, Wilfred Ndidi (6.8), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua and Jakub Stolarczyk.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 3 changes: Abdul Fatawu Issahaku for James Justin (86′), Yunus Akgün for Wilfred Ndidi (72′) and Jamie Vardy for Kelechi Iheanacho (78′).

Player of the match: Mads Hermansen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was the goalkeeper: Mads Hermansen. His rating is 8.47. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sheffield Wednesday – Plymouth Argyle – 1-0
• Sunderland – Leicester City – 0-1
• Leeds United – Stoke City – 1-0
• Ipswich Town – Bristol City – 3-2
• Hull City – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Coventry City – Rotherham United – 5-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Millwall – 1-1