Europa League: Leicester City demolishes Spartak Moskva 4-3 with 4 goals from P. Daka

MOSKVA. Leicester City had a narrow win over Spartak Moskva. The hero of the match was P. Daka who scored in the 45th, 48th, 54th and 79th minute.

MOSKVA. Leicester City had a close win over Spartak Moskva. The hero of the match was P. Daka who scored in the 45th, 48th, 54th and 79th minute. Leicester City took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was held at the Otkrytiye Arena Stadium in Moskva on Wednesday and this began at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos who had the assistance of Polychronis Kostaras and Lazaros Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold around 2.5 degrees Celsius or 36.41 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 75%.​

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  Spartak Moskva

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  Leicester City

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  20 Oct 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 57% while Spartak Moskva was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Spartak Moskva was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Leicester City managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Spartak Moskva shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Leicester City shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Spartak Moskva received 2 yellow cards (R. Litvinov and A. Lomovitskiy). On the other side, Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (R. Pereira and B. Soumare).

After this contest, Spartak Moskva stays with 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. while Leicester City has 4 points (2nd).

Match Events

Next matche

In the upcoming Europa League match, Spartak Moskva will play away with Leicester City on the 4th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

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  Leicester City

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  Spartak Moskva

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  4 Nov 2021 Full time

Leicester City will host Spartak Moskva on the 4th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Leicester City (0 draws).

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  Leicester City

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  Spartak Moskva

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  4 Nov 2021 Full time

Spartak Moskva: Formation and Lineups

Spartak Moskva started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória chose to play with the following team: Aleksandr Maksimenko (6.0), Nikolay Rasskazov (6.5), Samuel Gigot (5.9), Georgiy Dzhikiya (6.1), Victor Moses (7.2), Ruslan Litvinov (6.1), Roman Zobnin (6.5), Ayrton (6.6), Jordan Larsson (7.1), Zelimkhan Bakaev (6.6) and Aleksandr Sobolev (7.8).

Substitutions

Spartak Moskva made 3 changes: Z. Bakaev for Q. Promes (68′), R. Zobnin for M. Ignatov (68′) and J. Larsson for A. Lomovitskiy (90′).

Top player: Aleksandr Sobolev

The player who no doubt impressed Spartak Moskva the most was Aleksandr Sobolev.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 24 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14.

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

Leicester City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the opposite side, Brendan Rodgers played with: Kasper Schmeichel (5.8), Daniel Amartey (6.8), Jonny Evans (7.1), Çağlar Söyüncü (6.8), Ricardo Pereira (6.9), Youri Tielemans (7.6), Boubakary Soumaré (7.6), Luke Thomas (6.8), James Maddison (8.5), Kelechi Iheanacho (8.1) and Patson Daka (10.0).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 4 changes: R. Pereira for M. Albrighton (59′), Y. Tielemans for H. Choudhury (65′), J. Evans for J. Vestergaard (82′) and L. Thomas for R. Bertrand (82′).

Top player: James Maddison

The player who no doubt impressed Leicester City the most was James Maddison even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 57 passes (85% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.