LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur liquidates Leicester City 6-2 with goals of H. Kane (8′), E. Dier (21′), R. Bentancur (47′), Son Heung-Min (73′), Son Heung-Min (84′) and Son Heung-Min (87′). On the opposite side, Leicester City scored with Y. Tielemans (6′ pen), J. Maddison (41′). Leicester City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London. The referee was Simon Hooper with the support of Adrian Holmes and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Jarred Gillett. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 15 Total 21
- 8 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 13
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 68 Attack 146
- 43 Dangerous attack 49
- 97 Ball safe 88
- 9 Free Kicks 9
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Tottenham Hotspur was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leicester City was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Tottenham Hotspur succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Tottenham Hotspur shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City shot 21 times, 8 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card (I. Perisic). On the other side, Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (W. Ndidi and P. Daka).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Tottenham Hotspur will have 17 points like Manchester City to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City will stay with 1 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away with Aston Villa on the 13th of May with a 19-4 head to head stats in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).
Leicester City will host Liverpool on the 13th of May with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).
Tottenham Hotspur – Formation
Tottenham Hotspur
21'
59'
73'
Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Antonio Conte decided to play with the following team: Hugo Lloris , Davinson Sánchez , Eric Dier , Clément Lenglet , Ivan Perišić , Pierre-Emile Højbjerg , Rodrigo Bentancur , Ryan Sessegnon , Dejan Kulusevski , Richarlison and Harry Kane .
The home team had on the bench: J. Tanganga, M. Doherty, Emerson Royal , Cristian Romero , Yves Bissouma , Bryan Gil, F. Forster, O. Skipp and Heung-min Son .
Substitutions
Tottenham Hotspur made 4 changes: I. Perisic for Emerson Royal (55′), Richarlison for Son Heung-Min (59′), D. Sanchez for C. Romero (59′) and D. Kulusevski for Y. Bissouma (70′).
Best player: Heung-min Son
The player that probably impressed the most for Tottenham Hotspur was Heung-min Son.
His rating is with 3 goals, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
Leicester City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Brendan Rodgers played with: Danny Ward , Timothy Castagne , Jonny Evans , Wout Faes , James Justin , Wilfred Ndidi , James Maddison , Youri Tielemans , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Daniel Amartey, Luke Thomas, Ayoze Pérez, Dennis Praet, Daniel Iversen, Boubakary Soumaré , Jamie Vardy , Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho .
Substitutions
Leicester City made 3 changes: P. Daka for J. Vardy (74′), K. Dewsbury-Hall for K. Iheanacho (74′) and W. Ndidi for B. Soumare (85′).
Best player: James Maddison
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was James Maddison.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Manchester City – 0-3
- Tottenham Hotspur – Leicester City – 6-2
- Newcastle United – AFC Bournemouth – 1-1
