English Premier League

Liverpool vs Leicester 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 38': Wout Faes (OG)
  • 45': Wout Faes (OG)
FT
2 - 1
  • 4': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Faes scores 2 own goals as Liverpool beats Leicester 2-1

— Leicester defender Wout Faes scored two own goals at Anfield to hand Liverpool a 2-1 victory on Friday which moved the hosts within touching distance of the Premier League's top four.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Goal! Liverpool 0, Leicester City 1. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patson Daka.
  • 15': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka because of an injury.
  • 38': Own Goal by Wout Faes, Leicester City. Liverpool 1, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Own Goal by Wout Faes, Leicester City. Liverpool 2, Leicester City 1.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 2, Leicester City 1.
  • 59': Substitution, Leicester City. Youri Tielemans replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson because of an injury.
  • 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keïta replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  • 67': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Stefan Bajcetic replaces Harvey Elliott because of an injury.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,343

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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15 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 1
43 Possession 57
7 SHOTS 21
2 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
352 Accurate Passes 496
448 Passes 588
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 27
0.5 Cross % 0.2
55 Long Balls 66
20 Accurate Long Balls 41
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 6
5 Effective Tackles 12
14 Tackles 18
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 11
20 Effective Clearances 10
20 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andy Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
14 Jordan Henderson
6 Thiago Alcantara
19 Harvey Elliott
27 Darwin Núñez
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
11 Mohamed Salah

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

No. Name
1 Danny Ward (GK)
3 Wout Faes
18 Daniel Amartey
33 Luke Thomas
27 Timothy Castagne
22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
42 Boubakary Soumaré Yellow Card
25 Wilfred Ndidi
20 Patson Daka
7 Harvey Barnes
17 Ayoze Pérez

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