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Premier League: Leicester City overcomes Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 after a incredible match

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WOLVERHAMPTON. Leicester City prevails over Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 after a incredible match.

WOLVERHAMPTON. Leicester City prevails over Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 after a incredible match. Y. Tielemans (8′), H. Barnes (19′), J. Maddison (66′) and J. Vardy (80′). Wolverhampton Wanderers was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Molineux Stadium stadium in Wolverhampton on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver who was helped by Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.18 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 86%.​

Match Statistics

Wolverhampton Wanderers was in firm control of the ball 61% while Leicester City was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Wolverhampton Wanderers was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Leicester City shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards (Jonny and N. Semedo). On the other side, Leicester City received 1 yellow card (W. Faes).

After this match, Wolverhampton Wanderers will stay with 9 points like Leeds United, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Leicester City will have 8 points to stay in the 20th place.

Match Events

  • 8'
    8'

    Jonny

  • 8'
    8'

    Y. Tielemans

  • 19'
    19'

    H. Barnes

  • 61'
    61'

    Nampalys Mendy

    Boubakary Soumaré

  • 62'
    62'

    Dennis Praet 

    Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

  • 62'
    62'

    Jamie Vardy

    P. Daka

  • 66'
    66'

    J. Maddison

  • 67'
    67'

    C. Campbell

    Matheus Nunes

  • 67'
    67'

    N. Semedo

    Jonny

  • 79'
    79'

    M. Albrighton

    H. Barnes

  • 80'
    80'

    J. Vardy

  • 80'
    80'

    Hwang Hee-Chan

    D. Costa

  • 81'
    81'

    B. Traore

    J. Moutinho

  • 86'
    86'

    N. Semedo

  • 88'
    88'

    L. Thomas

    J. Justin

  • 90'
    90'

    W. Faes

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Wolverhampton Wanderers will play away with Brentford on the 29th of October with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (1 draw).

Leicester City will host Manchester City on the 29th of October with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Formation and Lineups

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kelvin Davis chose to play with the following team: José Sá (5.2), Jonny Otto (6.2), Nathan Collins (6.8), Max Kilman (5.9), Hugo Bueno (6.3), João Moutinho (7.2), Rúben Neves (6.7), Adama Traoré (6.7), Matheus Nunes (6.8), Daniel Podence (6.6) and Diego Costa (6.9).

Substitutes

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 4 changes: Matheus Nunes for C. Campbell (67′), Jonny for N. Semedo (67′), D. Costa for Hwang Hee-Chan (80′) and J. Moutinho for B. Traore (81′).

Top player: João Moutinho

The player who no doubt impressed Wolverhampton Wanderers the most was João Moutinho.

His rating is (7.2) with 57 passes (85% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

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

On the other side, Brendan Rodgers played with: Danny Ward (7.7), Timothy Castagne (7.4), Daniel Amartey (7.1), Wout Faes (7.1), James Justin (7.3), Boubakary Soumaré (6.9), James Maddison (7.7), Youri Tielemans (7.5), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.1), Harvey Barnes (7.1) and Patson Daka (6.8).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 5 changes: P. Daka for J. Vardy (62′), K. Dewsbury-Hall for D. Praet (62′), B. Soumare for N. Mendy (62′), H. Barnes for M. Albrighton (79′) and J. Justin for L. Thomas (88′).

Top player: James Maddison

Probably the most impressive player in Leicester City was James Maddison.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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