English League Championship

Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Leicester City
    FT
    0 - 2
    Blackburn Rovers
    • 68': Sammie Szmodics
    • 90'+4': Sammie Szmodics

    About

    Leicester City are hosting Blackburn Rovers at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sondre Tronstad.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sammie Szmodics.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 6': Foul by Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 6': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Wout Faes.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 10': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 22': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Ben Chrisene (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 24': Attempt saved. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
    • 25': Offside, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi is caught offside.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 33': Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 33': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Hand ball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 36': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 36': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
    • 37': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Stephy Mavididi.
    • 41': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 41': Attempt missed. James Justin (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Harry Winks with a cross following a corner.
    • 42': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 42': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 43': Attempt missed. James Justin (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wout Faes.
    • 45': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 47': Offside, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
    • 49': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 49': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
    • 54': Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Abdul Fatawu.
    • 55': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Winks.
    • 58': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
    • 58': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': James Justin (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sammie Szmodics is caught offside.
    • 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Hamza Choudhury.
    • 66': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
    • 68': Goal! Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
    • 69': Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
    • 73': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Hayden Carter.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Wout Faes.
    • 75': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 75': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 76': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Sam Gallagher.
    • 76': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 77': Substitution, Leicester City. Callum Doyle replaces James Justin.
    • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 77': Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Stephy Mavididi.
    • 78': Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
    • 79': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
    • 79': Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Harry Winks (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kasey McAteer with a cross.
    • 84': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yasin Ayari replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 86': Foul by Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 86': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wout Faes.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Harry Winks.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Wout Faes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Yasin Ayari (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 90'+2': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Goal! Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Rankin-Costello following a fast break.
    • 90'+6': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jake Garrett replaces Joe Rankin-Costello.
    • 90'+6': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. John Buckley replaces Sammie Szmodics.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 5
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 7
    6 Saves 0
    24.6 Possession 75.4
    9 SHOTS 14
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    134 Accurate Passes 612
    227 Passes 684
    0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 7
    7 Crosses 29
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    72 Long Balls 39
    21 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    13 Effective Tackles 7
    19 Tackles 10
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    11 Interceptions 9
    35 Effective Clearances 13
    35 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: King Power Stadium
    Location: Leicester, England
    Attendance: 32,117

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sunderland 16 +14 32
    2 Sheffield United 16 +12 32
    3 Burnley 16 +13 30
    4 Leeds United 15 +15 29
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    Line-Ups

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
    23 Jannik Vestergaard
    17 Hamza Choudhury
    3 Wout Faes
    2 James Justin Yellow Card
    8 Harry Winks
    25 Wilfred Ndidi
    21 Ricardo Pereira
    9 Jamie Vardy
    10 Stephy Mavididi
    18 Fatawu Issahaku Yellow Card
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Patson Daka, Conor Coady, Marc Albrighton, Jakub Stolarczyk, Yunus Akgün, Dennis Praet, Kasey McAteer, Kelechi Iheanacho, Callum Doyle.

    BLK Blackburn Rovers (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Aynsley Pears (GK)
    55 Kyle McFadzean
    3 Harry Pickering
    17 Hayden Carter
    11 Joe Rankin-Costello Yellow Card
    6 Sondre Tronstad
    8 Sammie Szmodics
    45 Benjamin Chrisene
    2 Callum Brittain
    10 Tyrhys Dolan
    9 Sam Gallagher
    Blackburn Rovers Substitutes:
    John Buckley, Billy Koumetio, Leopold Wahlstedt, Semir Telalovic, Jake Garrett, Yasin Ayari, Igor Tyjon, Andy Moran, Connor O'Riordan.

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