English FA Cup

Nottm Forest vs Leicester 2021-22 English FA Cup, Fourth Round

Nottingham Forest
  • 23': Philip Zinckernagel
  • 24': Brennan Johnson
  • 32': Joe Worrall
  • 61': Djed Spence
FT
4 - 1
Leicester City
  • 40': Kelechi Iheanacho

FA Cup holders Leicester thrashed by Nottingham Forest

Leicester City's hopes of retaining the FA Cup came to a brutal end as they suffered a 4-1 drubbing away to Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest.

Match Commentary

  • 23': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Leicester City 0. Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keinan Davis with a headed pass.
  • 24': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Leicester City 0. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal.
  • 32': Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Leicester City 0. Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Garner with a cross following a corner.
  • 40': Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Harvey Barnes.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 3, Leicester City 1.
  • 59': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Leicester City 1. Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel with a through ball.
  • 63': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jack Colback replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
  • 65': Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Ademola Lookman.
  • 65': Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Youri Tielemans.
  • 65': James Garner (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Keinan Davis.
  • 74': James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cafú replaces James Garner.
  • 88': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Xande Silva replaces Brennan Johnson.

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 28,762

Statistics

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14 Fouls 17
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 1
62.1 Possession 37.9
11 SHOTS 12
2 ON GOAL 7
0.2 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
379 Accurate Passes 188
463 Passes 283
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
2 Accurate Crosses 3
23 Crosses 14
0.1 Cross % 0.2
43 Long Balls 67
18 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
1 Blocked Shots 2
15 Effective Tackles 9
23 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 6
20 Effective Clearances 27
20 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
30 Brice Samba (GK)
27 Steve Cook
26 Scott McKenna
4 Joe Worrall
37 James Garner
22 Ryan Yates
11 Philip Zinckernagel
15 Max Lowe
2 Djed Spence
9 Keinan Davis
20 Brennan Johnson
Substitutes:
Jack Colback, Richie Laryea, Sam Surridge, Xande Silva, Joe Lolley, Tobias Figueiredo, Ethan Horvath, Cafú, Braian Ojeda.

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Danny Ward (GK)
4 Caglar Söyüncü
18 Daniel Amartey
33 Luke Thomas
2 James Justin
10 James Maddison
25 Wilfred Ndidi Yellow Card
8 Youri Tielemans
14 Kelechi Iheanacho
7 Harvey Barnes
37 Ademola Lookman
Substitutes:
Ricardo Pereira, Boubakary Soumaré, Hamza Choudhury, Jannik Vestergaard, Kasper Schmeichel, Patson Daka, Marc Albrighton, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Ayoze Pérez.

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