LIVERPOOL. Leicester City beats Everton with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Tielemans (45′) and a goal from H. Barnes (87′).

The match was played at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was David Coote assisted by Nicholas Hopton and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Everton was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Leicester City that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Everton was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Everton shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Leicester City shot 22 times, 8 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Everton will stay with 14 points like Leicester City and West Ham United to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Leicester City will have 14 points like West Ham United and Everton to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Everton will host AFC Bournemouth on the 28th of May with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Everton (2 draws).

Leicester City will host West Ham United on the 28th of May with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of West Ham United (6 draws).

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Frank Lampard decided to play with the following team: Jordan Pickford (7.0), Séamus Coleman (6.2), Conor Coady (6.4), James Tarkowski (7.1), Vitaliy Mykolenko (6.8), Alex Iwobi (7.1), Idrissa Gueye (7.0), Amadou Onana (6.6), Demarai Gray (7.4), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (7.0) and Dwight McNeil (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Michael Keane, Tom Davies, Abdoulaye Doucouré (6.5), Mason Holgate, Neal Maupay (6.8), Nathan Patterson (6.8), Asmir Begović, Anthony Gordon (6.4) and James Garner (6.3).

Substitutions

Everton made 5 changes: I. Gueye for J. Garner (46′), D. Calvert-Lewin for N. Maupay (61′), A. Onana for A. Doucoure (62′), D. McNeil for A. Gordon (71′) and S. Coleman for N. Patterson (72′).

Best player: Demarai Gray​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was Demarai Gray.

His rating is (7.4) with 33 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 7 crosses.

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Brendan Rodgers played with: Danny Ward (7.2), Timothy Castagne (7.1), Daniel Amartey (7.6), Wout Faes (7.1), James Justin (7.3), Boubakary Soumaré (7.0), James Maddison (8.4), Youri Tielemans (7.8), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.3), Harvey Barnes (7.1) and Patson Daka (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jamie Vardy (6.2), Luke Thomas, Kelechi Iheanacho, Marc Albrighton (6.8), Daniel Iversen, Wilfred Ndidi (6.6), Nampalys Mendy, Ayoze Pérez and Jannik Vestergaard.

Substitutions

Leicester City made 4 changes: P. Daka for J. Vardy (70′), B. Soumare for W. Ndidi (71′), K. Dewsbury-Hall for M. Albrighton (78′) and Y. Tielemans for N. Mendy (90′).

Best player: James Maddison​

The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was James Maddison even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 39 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-3
• Nottingham Forest – Brentford – 2-2
• Manchester City – Fulham – 2-1
• Leeds United – AFC Bournemouth – 4-3
• Everton – Leicester City – 0-2