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Premier League: Leicester City prevails over West Ham United 2-0 on Saturday

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LONDON. Leicester City prevails over West Ham United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Maddison (8') and a goal from H. Barnes (78').

LONDON. Leicester City conquers West Ham United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Maddison (8′) and a goal from H. Barnes (78′).

Y. Tielemans missed a penalty (42′) for Leicester City.​

The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the help of Simon Long and Steve Meredith. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.45 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 87%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. West Ham United was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Leicester City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

West Ham United was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

West Ham United shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Leicester City shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

West Ham United received 3 yellow cards (C. Dawson, L. Paqueta and G. Scamacca). On the other side, Leicester City received 1 yellow card (W. Ndidi).

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

Match Events

  • 8'
    8'

    J. Maddison

  • 15'
    15'

    N. Aguerd

    K. Zouma

  • 24'
    24'

    D. Praet

    J. Maddison

  • 39'
    39'

    P. Daka (Penalty confirmed)

  • 41'
    41'

    Craig Dawson

  • 42'
    42'

    Youri Tielemans

    Youri Tielemans

  • 55'
    55'

    Wilfred Ndidi

    Youri Tielemans

  • 60'
    60'

    Lucas Paquetá

  • 62'
    62'

    Wilfred Ndidi

  • 69'
    69'

    A. Perez

    K. Dewsbury-Hall

  • 69'
    69'

    N. Mendy

    B. Soumare

  • 69'
    69'

    Jamie Vardy

    Patson Daka

  • 75'
    75'

    Pablo Fornals

    Tomas Soucek

  • 78'
    78'

    Harvey Barnes

    Ayoze Pérez

  • 85'
    85'

    Gianluca Scamacca

  • 42'
    42'

    Youri Tielemans

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, West Ham United will play away with Arsenal on the 26th of December with a 22-5 head to head in favor of Arsenal (6 draws).

Leicester City will host Newcastle United on the 26th of December with a 10-6 head to head in favor of Leicester City (1 draw).

West Ham United: Formation and Lineups

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Moyes chose to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański (7.2), Thilo Kehrer (6.8), Craig Dawson (6.0), Kurt Zouma (6.4), Aaron Cresswell (7.0), Tomáš Souček (6.8), Declan Rice (7.4), Jarrod Bowen (6.8), Lucas Paquetá (7.7), Saïd Benrahma (7.3) and Gianluca Scamacca (6.7).

Substitutes

West Ham United made 2 changes: K. Zouma for N. Aguerd (15′) and T. Soucek for P. Fornals (74′).

Top player: Lucas Paquetá

Probably the most impressive player in West Ham United was Lucas Paquetá.

His rating is (7.7) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

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 (6.2), Daniel Amartey (7.3), Wout Faes (7.1), Luke Thomas (7.1), Boubakary Soumaré (7.2), James Maddison (7.3), Youri Tielemans (6.4), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (6.8), Harvey Barnes (7.1) and Patson Daka (7.1).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 5 changes: J. Maddison for D. Praet (24′), Y. Tielemans for W. Ndidi (55′), P. Daka for J. Vardy (69′), K. Dewsbury-Hall for A. Perez (69′) and B. Soumare for N. Mendy (69′).

Best player: Danny Ward

The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was the goalkeeper: Danny Ward. His rating is 7.70. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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