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

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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
+51	Arsenal	33	74	5
+43	Liverpool	33	74	3
+44	Manchester City	32	73	3
+21	Aston Villa	34	66	8

Full Table

Statistics

NFO		LEI
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

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.

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Dean Henderson (GK)
26	Scott McKenna
3	Steve Cook
32	Renan Lodi
7	Neco Williams
10	Morgan Gibbs-White
14	Lewis O'Brien
21	Cheikhou Kouyaté
9	Taiwo Awoniyi
11	Jesse Lingard
20	Brennan Johnson