English Premier League

Leicester vs Nottm Forest 2022-23 English Premier League

Leicester City
  • 25': James Maddison
  • 27': Harvey Barnes
  • 35': James Maddison
  • 73': Patson Daka
FT
4 - 0
Nottingham Forest

    Leicester City thrash Nottingham Forest to move out of last place

    Leicester City's James Maddison scored two first-half goals as they beat promoted Nottingham Forest 4-0 to move off the bottom of the table.

    Match Commentary

    • 18': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
    • 25': Goal! Leicester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
    • 27': Goal! Leicester City 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
    • 33': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Goal! Leicester City 3, Nottingham Forest 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 3, Nottingham Forest 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Remo Freuler replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
    • 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Lewis O'Brien.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 3, Nottingham Forest 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Serge Aurier replaces Neco Williams.
    • 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jamie Vardy.
    • 62': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Emmanuel Dennis replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
    • 64': Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 69': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Orel Mangala replaces Jesse Lingard.
    • 71': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Goal! Leicester City 4, Nottingham Forest 0. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
    • 80': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Youri Tielemans.
    • 83': James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 85': Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces James Maddison.
    • 90'+2': Steve Cook (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: King Power Stadium
    Location: Leicester, England
    Attendance: 32,202

    English Premier League Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +56 Arsenal 34 77 5
    +41 Liverpool 34 74 4
    +44 Manchester City 32 73 3
    +21 Aston Villa 34 66 8
    Full Table

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 13
    4 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 6
    4 Saves 3
    48.4 Possession 51.6
    10 SHOTS 17
    3 ON GOAL 7
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    362 Accurate Passes 416
    464 Passes 492
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 4
    13 Crosses 17
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    61 Long Balls 35
    19 Accurate Long Balls 15
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    9 Effective Tackles 7
    13 Tackles 11
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    13 Interceptions 14
    15 Effective Clearances 17
    15 Clearances 17

    Line-Ups

    LEI Leicester City (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Danny Ward (GK)
    3 Wout Faes
    6 Jonny Evans
    25 Wilfred Ndidi
    2 James Justin
    27 Timothy Castagne
    22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
    8 Youri Tielemans
    7 Harvey Barnes
    10 James Maddison
    9 Jamie Vardy
    Substitutes:
    Patson Daka, Dennis Praet, Ayoze Pérez, Daniel Iversen, Marc Albrighton, Daniel Amartey, Kelechi Iheanacho, Luke Thomas, Boubakary Soumaré.

    NFO Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Dean Henderson (GK)
    26 Scott McKenna
    3 Steve Cook Yellow Card
    32 Renan Lodi
    7 Neco Williams Yellow Card
    10 Morgan Gibbs-White
    14 Lewis O'Brien
    21 Cheikhou Kouyaté Yellow Card
    9 Taiwo Awoniyi
    11 Jesse Lingard Yellow Card
    20 Brennan Johnson
    Substitutes:
    Sèrge Aurier, Emmanuel Dennis, Joe Worrall, Wayne Hennessey, Ryan Yates, Orel Mangala, Sam Surridge, Willy Boly, Remo Freuler.

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