HULL. Hull City finds the way to recover against Leicester City with 2 goals from J. Vardy from a goal on the 62′ and a penalty kick on the 31′.

Fabio Carvalho squandered a decisive penalty (7′). That would have allowed Hull City to win the match.​

The match was played at the KCOM Stadium stadium in Hull on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 24,605 spectators.​ The referee was Samuel Barrott with the collaboration of Jonathan Hunt and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Scott Simpson. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.4 degrees Celsius or 39.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Hull City was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Leicester City that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Leicester City to win the match​.

Hull City shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City shot 15 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Hull City received 2 yellow cards (Jean Michaël Seri and Jacob Greaves). On the other side, Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (Wout Faes and Jamie Vardy).

Standings

After this match, Hull City has 58 points like Norwich City to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City will has 82 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Hull City will play away with Coventry City on the 16th of March with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Hull City (4 draws).

Leicester City will host Southampton on the 16th of March with a 12-11 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (8 draws).

Hull City – Formation

Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Liam Rosenior decided to play with the following team: Ryan Allsop (6.4), Lewie Coyle (7.0), Alfie Jones (6.4), Jacob Greaves (6.6), Ryan Giles (6.4), Regan Slater (7.0), Jean Michaël Seri (6.6), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (6.7), Abdülkadir Ömür (6.8), Anass Zaroury (7.3) and Fabio Carvalho (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ozan Tufan, Tyler Morton, Sean McLoughlin, Adama Traoré, Billy Sharp, Matty Jacob, Ivor Pandur, Cyrus Christie and Aaron Connolly.

Substitutions

Hull City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Player of the match: Fabio Carvalho​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hull City was Fabio Carvalho.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 33 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11.

Leicester City – Formation

Also Leicester City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Enzo Maresca played with: Mads Hermansen (7.5), Hamza Choudhury (6.8), Wout Faes (6.0), Jannik Vestergaard (6.4), James Justin (7.8), Harry Winks (6.7), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.0), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (8.5), Yunus Akgün (7.0), Stephy Mavididi (6.0) and Jamie Vardy (8.4).

They had on the bench: Conor Coady, Callum Doyle, Marc Albrighton, Harry Souttar, Patson Daka (6.8), Wilfred Ndidi (7.0), Thomas Cannon, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua and Jakub Stolarczyk.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 2 changes: Yunus Akgün for Wilfred Ndidi (46′) and Jamie Vardy for Patson Daka (86′).

Player of the match: Abdul Fatawu Issahaku​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Abdul Fatawu Issahaku.

His rating is 8.5 with 26 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Watford – Coventry City – 1-2
• Southampton – Sunderland – 4-2
• Queens Park Rangers – Middlesbrough – 0-2
• Preston North End – Stoke City – 1-2
• Norwich City – Rotherham United – 5-0
• Millwall – Birmingham City – 1-0
• Hull City – Leicester City – 2-2
• Cardiff City – Ipswich Town – 2-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1