Tottenham beats Leicester 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Tottenham beat Leicester to win 2-1.

By
David Brown
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Tottenham beats Leicester 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEICESTER. Tottenham bested Leicester to win 2-1. It was Tottenham to strike first with a goal of A. Neville at the 35′. Then D. Spence scored again for Tottenham in the 45′ minute. Eventually, D. Spence reduced the distance for Leicester an own goal (58′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Tottenham made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kirsty Dowle. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Leicester W

1 - 2

Team 1

Tottenham W

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 1 Total 2
  • 1 On Target 2
  • 0 Off Target 0
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Tottenham had a strong ball possession 58% while Leicester was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester was more pushing with 0 dangerous attacks and 1 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Tottenham managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, Tottenham shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Leicester received 1 yellow card (S. O’Brien). On the opposite side, Tottenham received 1 yellow card (A. Neville).

Match Timeline

16'
Ellie Brazil- sub ->R. Ayane
35'
Ashleigh Neville(goal)A. Ale
45'
Drew Spence(goal)M. Bartrip
58'
Drew Spence(own-goal)
S. O’Brien- sub ->M. Pike
60'
61'
C. Bott- sub ->N. Flint
67'
S. O’Brien- Yellow
79'
M. Goodwin- sub ->C. Jones
80'
82'
Celin Bizet Ildhusøy- sub ->E. Summanen
85'
Ashleigh Neville- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Chelsea W
58
22
Manchester United W
56
22
Arsenal W
47
22
Manchester City W
47
22
Aston Villa W
37
22
Everton W
30
22
Liverpool W
23
22
West Ham W
21
22
Tottenham W
18
22
Leicester W
16
22
Brighton W
16
22
Reading W
11
22

After playing this encounter, Leicester stays with 0 points to occupy the 9th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Tottenham has 3 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Women’s Super League, Leicester will play away with Brighton W on the 28th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Tottenham will play away agasint West Ham W on the 28th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Tottenham (2 draws).

Leicester – Formation

Leicester W
G
Kirstie Levell 28.England
D
S. Howard 15.Scotland
D
Erin Simon 13.USA
M
A. Plumptre 22.England
M
S. Tierney 3.England
M
J. Green 14.Wales
M
Molly Pike 8.England
60'
F
Jemma Purfield 23.England
F
A. Whelan 10.England
F
C. Jones 16.Wales
80'
F
Natasha Flint 7.England
67'
Substitutes
S. Poor 35.England
E. Jones 12.England
D
C. Bott 4.New Zealand
67'
M
M. Goodwin 20.England
80'
M
Connie Scofield 44.England
M
S. O’Brien 27.England
60' 79'
M
D. Vance 2.Northern Ireland
M
A. Baker 32.England

The manager Lydia Bedford decided to play with the following team: K. Levell, S. Howard, J. Purfield, A. Plumptre, S. Tierney, E. Simon, J. Green, A. Whelan, M. Pike, C. Jones and N. Flint.

The home team had on the bench: D. Goodwin, S. Poor, C. Scofield, E. Jones, S. O’Brien, C. Bott, D. Vance and A. Baker.

Substitutions

Leicester made 3 changes: M. Pike for S. O’Brien (60′), N. Flint for C. Bott (67′) and C. Jones for D. Goodwin (80′).

Tottenham – Formation

Tottenham W
G
Rebecca Spencer 22.Jamaica
D
Amy Turner 4.England
D
S. Zadorsky 3.Canada
D
Molly Bartrip 5.England
D
A. Ale 13.England
D
Ashleigh Neville 29.England
85' Goals35'
M
Drew Spence 24.Jamaica
Goals45'
M
Angharad James 15.Wales
M
Eveliina Summanen 25.Finland
82'
F
Rosella Ayane 23.Morocco
16'
F
Jessica Naz 7.England
61'
Substitutes
Gracie Pearse 26.England
G
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann 1.Finland
M
Cho So-Hyun 8.Korea Republic
M
Ramona Petzelberger 11.Germany
F
Ellie Brazil 10.England
16'
F
Celin Bizet Ildhusøy 14.Norway
82'
F
Nikola Karczewska 9.Poland
F
K. Simon 17.Australia
61'

Rehanne Skinner played with: R. Spencer, A. Turner, S. Zadorsky, M. Bartrip, A. Ale, A. Neville, D. Spence, A. James, E. Summanen, R. Ayane and J. Naz.

They had on the bench: E. Brazil, Cho So-Hyun, C. Bizet, T. Korpela, N. Karczewska, G. Pearse, K. Simon and R. Petzelberger.

Substitutions

Tottenham made 3 changes: R. Ayane for E. Brazil (16′), J. Naz for K. Simon (61′) and E. Summanen for C. Bizet (82′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Women’s Super League.​