English Premier League

Leicester vs Nottm Forest 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 25': James Maddison
  • 27': Harvey Barnes
  • 35': James Maddison
  • 73': Patson Daka
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4 - 0

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
+60 Arsenal 36 83 5
+54 Manchester City 35 82 3
+41 Liverpool 35 75 4
+21 Aston Villa 35 67 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

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

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