LEICESTER. Leicester City overcome Birmingham City to win 2-1. A goal from S. Mavididi was decisive in the 87min. It was Leicester City to strike first with a goal of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Stephy Mavididi gave the win to Leicester City in the 87′ minute with a goal. Leicester City was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 31,825 spectators. The referee was David Webb with the help of Rob Smith and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Marc Edwards. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.34 degrees Celsius or 59.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 17 Total 11
- 9 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 140 Attack 98
- 98 Dangerous attack 30
- 77 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 0
Fouls
- 6 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Leicester City had a strong ball possession 68% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leicester City was more pushing with 98 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leicester City won the match.
Leicester City shot 17 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 11 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (Stephy Mavididi and Wout Faes). Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (Krystian Bielik and J. James).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Leicester City has 88 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Birmingham City will stays with 42 points like Sheffield Wednesday to remain in the 22nd 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 stats in favor of Leicester City (8 draws).
Birmingham City will host Cardiff City on the 10th of April with a 12-5 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
34'
46'
28'
Leicester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Mads Hermansen , Ricardo Pereira , Wout Faes , Jannik Vestergaard , C. Doyle , Wilfred Ndidi , Harry Winks , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , A. Fatawu , P. Daka and Stephy Mavididi .
The home team had on the bench: J. Justin , Conor Coady, Jamie Vardy , Kelechi Iheanacho, Hamza Choudhury, Dennis Praet , Yunus Akgün , Wanya Marçal and J. Stolarczyk.
Substitutions
Leicester City made 5 changes: C. Doyle for J. Justin (46′), P. Daka for Jamie Vardy (60′), Wilfred Ndidi for Dennis Praet (82′), A. Fatawu for Yunus Akgün (81′) and Stephy Mavididi for Conor Coady (90′).
Player of the match: Stephy Mavididi
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was Stephy Mavididi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 16. He performed 5 crosses.
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Tony Mowbray played with: John Ruddy , Ethan Laird , Emanuel Aiwu , Dion Sanderson , Lee Buchanan , Paik Seung-Ho , Krystian Bielik , Koji Miyoshi , J. James , J. Bacuna and J. Stansfield .
They had on the bench: N. Etheridge, Tyler Roberts, Scott Hogan , Cody Drameh, Keshi Anderson , Siriki Dembélé , G. Gardner, Alex Pritchard and Ivan Šunjić .
Substitutions
Birmingham City made 5 changes: J. James for Siriki Dembélé (81′), Krystian Bielik for Ivan Šunjić (58′), J. Stansfield for Scott Hogan (80′), Koji Miyoshi for Keshi Anderson (58′) and J. Bacuna for Alex Pritchard (58′).
Player of the match: John Ruddy
The player that probably impressed the most for Birmingham City was the goalkeeper: John Ruddy. His rating is 8.16. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 0-0
- Stoke City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
- Norwich City – Ipswich Town – 1-0
- Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 2-0
- Leicester City – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Huddersfield Town – Millwall – 1-0
- Coventry City – Leeds United – 2-1
- Cardiff City – Hull City – 1-3
- Blackburn Rovers – Southampton – 0-0
