LEICESTER. Liverpool tops Leicester City 1-0 after T. Alexander-Arnold scored just 1 goal (76′). Liverpool made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell with the help of Constantine Hatzidakis and Natalie Aspinall. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 13.44 degrees Celsius or 56.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Leicester City

0 - 1

Liverpool

• 42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

• 5 Total 28
• 0 On Target 10
• 4 Off Target 12
• 1 Shots blocked 6

• 79 Attack 111
• 67 Dangerous attack 60
• 82 Ball safe 64

• 9 Free Kicks 13
• 0 Penalties 0
• 1 Corners 13
• 2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

• 11 Total 7
• 1 Yellow Cards 2
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Liverpool had a superior ball possession 58% while Leicester City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, Liverpool found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester City shot 5 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Liverpool shot 28 times, 10 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 1 yellow card (Wilfred Ndidi). Talking about the opposition, Liverpool received 2 yellow cards (Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley).

Standings

After playing this contest, Leicester City stays with 18 points to sit in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool has 76 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will play away against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 26th of April with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (9 draws).

Liverpool will host Tottenham Hotspur on the 27th of April with a 28-9 head to head statistic in favor of Liverpool (18 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City

G

Mads Hermansen 30.Denmark

7.8

D

Wout Faes 3.Belgium

6.7

D

Ricardo Pereira 21.Portugal

7.2

83'

D

Conor Coady 4.England

6.9

D

Luke Thomas 33.England

7.6

M

Bobby Reid 14.Jamaica

6.4

61'

M

Wilfred Ndidi 6.Nigeria

7.6

83' 70'

M

Stephy Mavididi 10.England

7.1

85'

M

Bilal El Khannouss 11.Morocco

6.8

M

Boubakary Soumaré 24.France

6.8

F

Jamie Vardy 9.England

6.6

62'

F

Kasey McAteer 35.England

Substitutes

G

Jakub Stolarczyk 41.Poland

D

Victor Kristiansen 16.Denmark

D

James Justin 2.England

6.8

83'

D

Caleb Okoli 5.Italy

M

Oliver Skipp 22.England

6.7

83'

M

Facundo Buonanotte 40.Argentina

6.7

61'

F

Jordan Ayew 18.Ghana

F

Patson Daka 20.Zambia

6.8

62'

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

The manager Ruud van Nistelrooy decided to play with the following team: Mads Hermansen (7.7), Ricardo Pereira (7.2), Wout Faes (6.7), Conor Coady (6.9), Luke Thomas (7.5), Wilfred Ndidi (7.6), Boubakary Soumaré (6.8), Kasey McAteer, Bobby Reid (6.4), Bilal El Khannouss (6.8), Stephy Mavididi (7.1) and Jamie Vardy (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: James Justin (6.7), Caleb Okoli, Victor Kristiansen, Jordan Ayew, Patson Daka (6.7), Oliver Skipp (6.7), Facundo Buonanotte (6.5), Jakub Stolarczyk and Jeremy Monga (6.6).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 4 changes: Bobby Reid for Facundo Buonanotte (61′), Jamie Vardy for Patson Daka (62′), Wilfred Ndidi for Oliver Skipp (83′) and Ricardo Pereira for James Justin (83′).

Player of the match: Mads Hermansen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was the goalkeeper: Mads Hermansen. His rating is 7.7. He performed 7 saves.

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool

G

Alisson 1.Brazil

6.7

D

Konstantinos Tsimikas 21.Greece

7.9

D

Virgil van Dijk 4.Netherlands

7.9

D

Ibrahima Konaté 5.France

7.9

D

Conor Bradley 84.Northern Ireland

6.8

71' 65'

M

Cody Gakpo 18.Netherlands

7.4

60'

M

Dominik Szoboszlai 8.Hungary

7.8

71'

M

Alexis Mac Allister 10.Argentina

7.6

M

Mohamed Salah 11.Egypt

7.0

M

Ryan Gravenberch 38.Netherlands

7.6

F

Luis Díaz 7.Colombia

7.9

90'

Substitutes

G

Caoimhin Kelleher 62.Republic of Ireland

D

Trent Alexander-Arnold 66.England

7.5

71' 77' 76'

D

Jarell Quansah 78.England

D

Andrew Robertson 26.Scotland

M

Wataru Endo 3.Japan

M

Curtis Jones 17.England

90'

M

Harvey Elliott 19.England

6.8

71'

F

Darwin Núñez 9.Uruguay

F

Diogo Jota 20.Portugal

6.2

60'

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

Arne Slot played with: Alisson (6.7), Conor Bradley (6.8), Ibrahima Konaté (7.9), Virgil van Dijk (8.0), Konstantinos Tsimikas (8.0), Ryan Gravenberch (7.5), Alexis Mac Allister (7.7), Mohamed Salah (6.9), Dominik Szoboszlai (7.8), Cody Gakpo (7.4), Luis Díaz (8.0).

These were the players on the bench: Diogo Jota (6.2), Andrew Robertson, Wataru Endo, Darwin Núñez, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott (6.8), Caoimhin Kelleher, Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.4) and Jarell Quansah.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 4 changes: Cody Gakpo for Diogo Jota (60′), Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold (71′), Dominik Szoboszlai for Harvey Elliott (71′) and Luis Díaz for Curtis Jones (90′).

Player of the match: Konstantinos Tsimikas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Konstantinos Tsimikas even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.0 with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Fulham – Chelsea – 1-2
• Ipswich Town – Arsenal – 0-4
• Leicester City – Liverpool – 0-1
• Manchester United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-1