English Premier League

Swansea City vs Leicester City, 2017/2018 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Swansea City
  • 56': Alfie Mawson
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Leicester City
  • 24': Federico Fernández (OG)
  • 49': Shinji Okazaki

Leicester beat Swansea with Michael Appleton in dugout

Leicester climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone as the post-Craig Shakespeare era began with a 2-1 win at Swansea.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
  • 3': Foul by Tammy Abraham (Swansea City).
  • 3': Harry Maguire (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 7': Foul by Leon Britton (Swansea City).
  • 7': Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Shinji Okazaki.
  • 10': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  • 15': Foul by Christian Fuchs (Leicester City).
  • 15': Luciano Narsingh (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 16': Foul by Vicente Iborra (Leicester City).
  • 16': Tom Carroll (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Shinji Okazaki.
  • 17': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
  • 19': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Federico Fernández.
  • 21': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Carroll with a cross following a corner.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Olsson with a cross.
  • 24': Own Goal by Federico Fernández, Swansea City. Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 27': Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
  • 27': Renato Sanches (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Renato Sanches (Swansea City) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Federico Fernández.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Maguire.
  • 36': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 36': Martin Olsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Renato Sanches.
  • 37': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Harry Maguire.
  • 41': Foul by Vicente Iborra (Leicester City).
  • 41': Renato Sanches (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Riyad Mahrez.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Tom Carroll (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Renato Sanches (Swansea City) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Martin Olsson.
  • 45': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Riyad Mahrez.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Swansea City. Ki Sung-yueng replaces Leon Britton.
  • 46': Offside, Leicester City. Wes Morgan tries a through ball, but Shinji Okazaki is caught offside.
  • 47': Offside, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
  • 48': Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
  • 48': Jordan Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 49': Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 2. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez following a fast break.
  • 51': Foul by Vicente Iborra (Leicester City).
  • 51': Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Luciano Narsingh (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 55': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Danny Simpson.
  • 56': Goal! Swansea City 1, Leicester City 2. Alfie Mawson (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Ayew following a corner.
  • 56': Substitution, Swansea City. Nathan Dyer replaces Luciano Narsingh.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kyle Naughton with a cross.
  • 60': Delay in match Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) because of an injury.
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 61': Foul by Vicente Iborra (Leicester City).
  • 61': Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City).
  • 62': Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Martin Olsson (Swansea City).
  • 63': Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Federico Fernández.
  • 64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Alfie Mawson.
  • 65': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ki Sung-yueng.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nathan Dyer.
  • 68': Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
  • 71': Andy King (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Foul by Martin Olsson (Swansea City).
  • 76': Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 78': Substitution, Swansea City. Wayne Routledge replaces Renato Sanches.
  • 78': Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
  • 78': Jordan Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Tom Carroll (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 81': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Wes Morgan.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Federico Fernández (Swansea City) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Carroll with a cross.
  • 83': Offside, Leicester City. Andy King tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Swansea City) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.
  • 85': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Vicente Iborra.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ki Sung-yueng.
  • 87': Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ki Sung-yueng.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90': Andy King (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Nathan Dyer (Swansea City).
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Tom Carroll (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Leicester City 2.
  • 90'+5': Match ends, Swansea City 1, Leicester City 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 5
44.2 Possession 55.8
11 SHOTS 19
6 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
276 Accurate Passes 379
381 Passes 463
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 11
17 Crosses 35
0.2 Cross % 0.3
86 Long Balls 60
34 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 7
16 Effective Tackles 12
23 Tackles 17
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
29 Effective Clearances 21
29 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 20,521

Premier League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 2 +6 6
2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 +5 6
3 Liverpool 2 +3 6
4 Chelsea 2 +4 4
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SWA Swansea City (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
6 Alfie Mawson
33 Federico Fernández
16 Martin Olsson
26 Kyle Naughton
7 Leon Britton
14 Thomas Carroll
35 Renato Sanches
10 Tammy Abraham
18 Jordan Ayew
11 Luciano Narsingh
Swansea City Substitutes:
Mike van der Hoorn, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Wayne Routledge, Sam Clucas, Angel Rangel, Ki Sung-Yueng, Nathan Dyer.

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

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
15 Harry Maguire
5 Wes Morgan
28 Christian Fuchs Yellow Card
2 Danny Simpson
21 Vicente Iborra
25 Wilfred Ndidi
11 Marc Albrighton
26 Riyad Mahrez
9 Jamie Vardy
20 Shinji Okazaki
Leicester City Substitutes:
Daniel Amartey, Kelechi Iheanacho, Demarai Gray, Islam Slimani, Andy King, Ben Chilwell, Ben Hamer.

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