Leicester vs Wolves 2022-23 English Premier League

Leicester City

37': Kelechi Iheanacho (P)
75': Timothy Castagne

FT
2 - 1

Wolverhampton Wanderers

13': Matheus Cunha

Leicester out of EPL drop zone after beating Wolves

— Leicester ended a 10-match winless run by beating Wolverhampton 2-1 to climb out of the English Premier League relegation zone on Saturday.

Match Commentary

13': Goal! Leicester City 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
34': José Sá (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Goal! Leicester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
42': Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Jamie Vardy because of an injury.
45': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rúben Neves replaces Mario Lemina because of an injury.
45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
58': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Pablo Sarabia.
58': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Diego Costa.
60': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Youri Tielemans.
75': Goal! Leicester City 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Kristiansen with a cross.
77': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Tetê.
81': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces Matheus Nunes.
84': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Toti.
85': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 32,053

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	35	64	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

WOL		LEI
16	Fouls	17
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
7	Corner Kicks	1
5	Saves	2
58.2	Possession	41.8
16	SHOTS	15
3	ON GOAL	8
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
406	Accurate Passes	270
497	Passes	364
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	4
20	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
54	Long Balls	52
25	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
6	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	12
12	Tackles	22
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
7	Interceptions	8
11	Effective Clearances	24
11	Clearances	24

Line-Ups

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Daniel Iversen (GK)
4	Caglar Söyüncü
3	Wout Faes
16	Victor Kristiansen
27	Timothy Castagne
14	Kelechi Iheanacho
42	Boubakary Soumaré
8	Youri Tielemans
9	Jamie Vardy
20	Patson Daka
37	Mateus Tetê

Substitutes:

Luke Thomas, Dennis Praet, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Daniel Amartey, Danny Ward, Harry Souttar, Nampalys Mendy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Wilfred Ndidi.

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	José Sá (GK)
23	Max Kilman
15	Craig Dawson
24	Toti Gomes
22	Nélson Semedo
5	Mario Lemina
35	João Gomes
21	Pablo Sarabia
27	Matheus Nunes
29	Diego Costa
12	Matheus Cunha