English Premier League

Brentford vs Leicester 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 60': Mathias Jørgensen
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  • 14': Youri Tielemans
  • 74': James Maddison

Clinical Leicester punish Brentford to seal 2-1 victory

Leicester City secured a 2-1 win at Brentford in a pulsating Premier League game on Sunday thanks to goals from Youri Tielemans and James Maddison.

Match Commentary

  • 14': Goal! Brentford 0, Leicester City 1. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 30': Zanka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jamie Vardy.
  • 45': Second Half begins Brentford 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Brentford. Kristoffer Ajer replaces Ethan Pinnock.
  • 57': Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
  • 60': Goal! Brentford 1, Leicester City 1. Zanka (Brentford) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathias Jensen with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard replaces Çaglar Söyüncü.
  • 74': Goal! Brentford 1, Leicester City 2. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patson Daka following a fast break.
  • 76': Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Frank Onyeka.
  • 78': Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces James Maddison.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Leicester City 2.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,814

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+15 Arsenal 11 26 1
+15 Manchester City 11 22 3
+10 Chelsea 11 20 3
+4 Sunderland 11 19 2
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 9
4 Saves 4
45.6 Possession 54.4
10 SHOTS 15
6 ON GOAL 5
0.6 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
286 Accurate Passes 340
387 Passes 445
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 7
5 Crosses 26
0.4 Cross % 0.3
69 Long Balls 61
22 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 12
18 Tackles 20
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 13
41 Effective Clearances 10
41 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

BRE Brentford (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 David Raya (GK)
18 Pontus Jansson
5 Ethan Pinnock
22 Mathias Jørgensen Yellow Card
8 Mathias Jensen
15 Frank Onyeka
6 Christian Nørgaard
3 Rico Henry
7 Sergi Canós
19 Bryan Mbeumo
17 Ivan Toney

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

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
6 Jonny Evans
4 Caglar Söyüncü Yellow Card
18 Daniel Amartey
42 Boubakary Soumaré
8 Youri Tielemans
10 James Maddison
27 Timothy Castagne
21 Ricardo Pereira
9 Jamie Vardy
14 Kelechi Iheanacho

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