Leicester City defeated Norwich City to win 2-1.
The match was played at the Carrow Road stadium in Norwich on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Robert Jones. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Norwich City started with a aggressive line-up. On the other side, Leicester City adopted for a conservative formation (4-4-2).
Norwich City – Formation
Daniel Farke decided to play with the following team: Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams, Pierre Lees Melou, Billy Gilmour, Kenny McLean, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki and Milot Rashica.
The home team had on the bench: Lukas Rupp, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Kieran Dowell, Christoph Zimmermann, Adam Idah, Andrew Omobamidele, Angus Gunn, Josh Sargent and Jacob Lungi Sørensen.
Leicester City – Formation
On the other side, Brendan Farke played with: Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Thomas, Marc Albrighton, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy and James Maddison.
They had on the bench: Dennis Praet, Danny Ward, Eldin Jakupović, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Patson Daka, Hamza Choudhury, Kelechi Iheanacho, Boubakary Soumaré and Timothy Castagne.
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 16 Total 10
- 2 On Target 3
- 14 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 95 Attack 87
- 39 Dangerous attack 32
- 105 Ball safe 97
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 9
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 55% while Norwich City was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Match Timeline
After this match, Norwich City will stay with 0 points while Leicester City will have 6 points.
In the next match in the Premier League, Norwich City will play away Arsenal on the 11th of September with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Arsenal (3 draw). Leicester City will host Manchester City on the 11th of September with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Manchester City (2 draw).
