Europa League: Leicester City conquers Legia Warszawa 3-1
LEICESTER. Leicester City prevails over Legia Warszawa 3-1.
LEICESTER. Leicester City defeats Legia Warszawa 3-1. Leicester City got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from P. Daka (11′) and J. Maddison (21′). Legia Warszawa tried to recover with a goal from F. Mladenovic (26′). However, the match was closed by a goal (33′) scored by W. Ndidi for Leicester City. Leicester City took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
M. Emreli missed a decisive penalty (26′). That would have allowed Legia Warszawa to draw the match.
The match was held at the King Power Stadium Stadium in Leicester on Thursday and this began at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Deniz Aytekin who had the assistance of Christian Dietz and Markus Sinn. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 3.2 degrees Celsius or 37.8 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Legia Warszawa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Leicester City was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Leicester City won the encounter.
Leicester City shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Legia Warszawa shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (L. Thomas and M. Albrighton). On the opposite side, Legia Warszawa received 3 yellow cards (F. Mladenovic, M. Wieteska and A. Jedrzejczyk).
After playing this encounter, Leicester City will have 5 points to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Legia Warszawa will stay with 6 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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11'11'
P. Daka
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21'21'
J. Maddison
A. Lookman
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26'26'
M. Emreli
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26'26'
F. Mladenovic
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33'33'
W. Ndidi
J. Maddison
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40'40'
F. Mladenovic
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46'46'
M. Holownia
M. Johansson
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49'49'
M. Wieteska
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61'61'
L. Thomas
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62'62'
K. Dewsbury-Hall
B. Soumare
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62'62'
A. Perez
J. Maddison
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71'71'
J. Celhaka
A. Martins
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71'71'
K. Skibicki
F. Mladenovic
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78'78'
S. Wlodarczyk
M. Emreli
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78'78'
T. Pekhart
Luquinhas
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85'85'
M. Albrighton
A. Lookman
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85'85'
K. Iheanacho
P. Daka
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88'88'
A. Jedrzejczyk
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89'89'
M. Albrighton
Next match
In the upcoming Europa League match, Leicester City will play away with Napoli on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head.
Legia Warszawa will host Spartak Moskva on the 9th of December with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Legia Warszawa (1 draw).
Leicester City: Formation and Lineups
Leicester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brendan Rodgers chose to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Timothy Castagne , Daniel Amartey , Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü , Luke Thomas , Boubakary Soumaré , Wilfred Ndidi , James Maddison , Ademola Lookman , Patson Daka and Harvey Barnes .
Substitutes
Leicester City made 4 changes: B. Soumare for K. Dewsbury-Hall (62′), J. Maddison for A. Perez (62′), A. Lookman for M. Albrighton (85′) and P. Daka for K. Iheanacho (85′).
Top player: James Maddison
Probably the most impressive player in Leicester City was James Maddison.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
Legia Warszawa: Formation and Lineups
Legia Warszawa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Marek Gołębiewski played with: Cezary Miszta , Mattias Johansson , Mateusz Wieteska , Artur Jędrzejczyk , Yuri Ribeiro , André Martins , Bartosz Slisz , Filip Mladenović , Ernest Muçi , Mahir Emreli , Luquinhas .
Substitutes
Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: M. Johansson for M. Holownia (46′), A. Martins for J. Celhaka (71′), F. Mladenovic for K. Skibicki (71′), M. Emreli for S. Wlodarczyk (78′) and Luquinhas for T. Pekhart (78′).
Top player: Filip Mladenović
The player who no doubt impressed Legia Warszawa the most was Filip Mladenović.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League
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