Premier League: Leicester City annihilates Nottingham Forest 4-0 with a superb performance

LEICESTER. Leicester City demolishes Nottingham Forest 4-0 with goals of

LEICESTER. Leicester City demolishes Nottingham Forest 4-0 with goals of J. Maddison (25′), H. Barnes (27′), J. Maddison (35′) and P. Daka (73′).

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Robert Jones who was helped by Ian Hussin and Marc Perry. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.96 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.​

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  Leicester City

  4

  

  Nottingham Forest

  0

  3 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Leicester City was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Nottingham Forest that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Leicester City was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Leicester City won the match.

Leicester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Nottingham Forest shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (B. Soumare and J. Maddison). On the other side, Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards (N. Williams, C. Kouyate, J. Lingard and S. Cook).

After playing this contest, Leicester City will have 1 points to stay in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest will stay with 4 points to stay in the 19th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Leicester City will play away against AFC Bournemouth on the 8th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Leicester City (5 draws).

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  AFC Bournemouth

  2

  

  Leicester City

  1

  

  8 Oct 2022 Full time

Nottingham Forest will host Aston Villa on the 10th of October with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Aston Villa (2 draws).

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  Nottingham Forest

  1

  

  Aston Villa

  1

  10 Oct 2022 Full time

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Brendan Rodgers chose to play with the following team: Danny Ward (7.3), Timothy Castagne (6.7), Jonny Evans (7.4), Wout Faes (7.0), James Justin (6.8), Wilfred Ndidi (7.2), James Maddison (8.9), Youri Tielemans (6.8), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.3), Harvey Barnes (7.8) and Jamie Vardy (7.0).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 4 changes: W. Ndidi for B. Soumare (46′), J. Vardy for P. Daka (62′), Y. Tielemans for D. Praet (80′) and J. Maddison for M. Albrighton (85′).

Top player: James Maddison

The player who no doubt impressed Leicester City the most was James Maddison.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 47 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 8 crosses.

Nottingham Forest: Formation and Lineups

Nottingham Forest started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Steve Cooper played with: Dean Henderson (5.8), Neco Williams (6.2), Steve Cook (6.7), Scott McKenna (6.3), Renan Lodi (6.2), Cheikhou Kouyaté (6.6), Lewis O’Brien (6.9), Brennan Johnson (6.6), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.3), Jesse Lingard (6.3) and Taiwo Awoniyi (6.3).

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: C. Kouyate for R. Freuler (46′), L. O’Brien for R. Yates (46′), N. Williams for S. Aurier (46′), T. Awoniyi for E. Dennis (62′) and J. Lingard for O. Mangala (69′).

Top player: Morgan Gibbs-White

Probably the most impressive player in Nottingham Forest was Morgan Gibbs-White.

His rating is (7.3) with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.