Leicester City prevails over Norwich City 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Leicester City was capable to turn the tables against Norwich City.

April 2, 2024

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LEICESTER. Leicester City found a way to reverse the scoreline against Norwich City. It was Norwich City to score first with a goal from Gabriel Sara. Notwithstanding, later Leicester City found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (33′), Stephy Mavididi (61′) and Jamie Vardy (90′). Leicester City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%) 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 12:30 pm local time. In front of 31,825 spectators. The referee was Darren Bond who had the assistance of Ian Hussin and Wade Smith. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.41 degrees Celsius or 54.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.

Match Statistics

Leicester City

3 - 1

Norwich City

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

18 Total 6
6 On Target 2
8 Off Target 2
4 Shots blocked 2

139 Attack 36
94 Dangerous attack 16
70 Ball safe 71

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 2
3 Off Sides 4

Fouls

13 Total 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Leicester City had a strong ball possession 61% while Norwich City was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was putting more pressure with 94 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match.

Leicester City shot 18 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Norwich City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 1 yellow card (Jannik Vestergaard). On the other side, Norwich City received 1 yellow card (Shane Duffy ).

Match Timeline

10'

Shane Duffy - sub ->J. Sørensen

20'

Gabriel Sara(goal)M. Núñez

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall(goal)Stephy Mavididi

33'

35'

Shane Duffy - Yellow

Stephy Mavididi(goal)Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

61'

Jannik Vestergaard- Yellow

65'

66'

Christian Fassnacht- sub ->Ashley Barnes

66'

L. Gibbs- sub ->M. Núñez

Jamie Vardy - sub ->P. Daka

77'

Hamza Choudhury- sub ->Ricardo Pereira

85'

Dennis Praet- sub ->Wilfred Ndidi

85'

J. Justin- sub ->A. Fatawu

88'

Yunus Akgün- sub ->Stephy Mavididi

89'

Jamie Vardy (goal)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Leicester City has 85 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Norwich City will stays with 64 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Leicester City will host Southampton on the 16th of March with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (8 draws).

Norwich City will host Ipswich Town on the 6th of April with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Norwich City (8 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City

Mads Hermansen 30.Denmark

6.8

C. Doyle 5.England

7.5

Wout Faes 3.Belgium

7.1

Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal

7.0

85'

Jannik Vestergaard 23.Denmark

7.3

65'

Harry Winks 8.England

7.0

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England

8.8

33'

Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria

6.8

85'

Stephy Mavididi 10.England

8.7

89'

61'

A. Fatawu 18.Ghana

8.5

88'

P. Daka 20.Zambia

6.6

77'

Substitutes

J. Stolarczyk 41.Poland

Conor Coady 4.England

J. Justin 2.England

7.1

88'

Hamza Choudhury 17.England

6.8

85'

Dennis Praet 26.Belgium

7.0

85'

Wanya Marçal 40.Portugal

Jamie Vardy 9.England

7.3

77'

90'

Kelechi Iheanacho 14.Nigeria

Yunus Akgün 29.Turkey

89'

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

The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Mads Hermansen (6.8), Ricardo Pereira (7.0), Wout Faes (7.1), Jannik Vestergaard (7.3), C. Doyle (7.5), Wilfred Ndidi (6.8), Harry Winks (7.0), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (8.8), A. Fatawu (8.5), P. Daka (6.6) and Stephy Mavididi (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: J. Justin (7.1), Conor Coady, Jamie Vardy (7.3), Kelechi Iheanacho, Hamza Choudhury (6.8), Dennis Praet (7.0), Yunus Akgün, Wanya Marçal and J. Stolarczyk.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 5 changes: Wilfred Ndidi for Dennis Praet (85′), Stephy Mavididi for Yunus Akgün (89′), A. Fatawu for J. Justin (88′), Ricardo Pereira for Hamza Choudhury (85′) and P. Daka for Jamie Vardy (77′).

Player of the match: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

His rating is 8.8 with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 10 crosses.

Norwich City – Formation

Norwich City

A. Gunn 28.Scotland

6.7

J. Sørensen 19.Denmark

6.4

10'

Jack Stacey 3.England

7.0

Ben Gibson 6.England

6.8

Sam McCallum 15.England

6.3

Borja Sainz 7.Spain

6.0

Ashley Barnes 10.England

6.7

66'

Gabriel Sara 17.Brazil

7.3

20'

K. McLean 23.Scotland

6.4

M. Núñez 26.Chile

7.1

66'

Josh Sargent 9.United States

6.7

Substitutes

G. Long 12.England

D. Batth 21.England

Shane Duffy 24.Republic of Ireland

6.7

10'

35'

L. Gibbs 8.England

6.8

66'

Christian Fassnacht 16.Switzerland

6.7

66'

S. van Hooijdonk 14.Netherlands

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

David Wagner played with: A. Gunn (6.7), Jack Stacey (7.0), J. Sørensen (6.4), Ben Gibson (6.8), Sam McCallum (6.3), M. Núñez (7.1), K. McLean (6.4), Gabriel Sara (7.3), Ashley Barnes (6.7), Borja Sainz (6.0) and Josh Sargent (6.7).

They had on the bench: Shane Duffy (6.7), L. Gibbs (6.8), G. Long, S. van Hooijdonk, Christian Fassnacht (6.7), D. Batth, F. Welch, K. Aboh and Guilherme Montóia.

Norwich City could not rely on the presence of Shane Duffy (injured).