Blackburn Rovers vs Leicester City
Match pulse
BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
 BLK | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 LEI | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Who won: Leicester 4-1
Leicester City beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Sammie Szmodics (9'). Goals for Leicester: Wout Faes (4'), Jamie Vardy (28'), Kelechi Iheanacho (82' pen) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (88').
Play by play
- Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
- Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
- 90'+9'
Free kick won
Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+9'
Foul
Foul by Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers).
- 90'+7'
Left footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
J. Rankin-Costello
- 90'+5'
Free kick won
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5'
Foul
Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
- 90'+4'
Right footed shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
C. Casadei
- 90'+2'
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
- 90'+2'
Handball
Hand ball by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
- GOAL88'
Goal! Left footed shot
K. Dewsbury-Hall · ast Y. Akgün
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.
BLK 1 - 4 LEI - 87'Sub
Subbed on for H. Pickering
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Harry Pickering.
J. Rankin-Costello
- 85'
Free kick won
Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85'
Foul
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
- 83'Sub
Subbed on for D. Markanday
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Dilan Markanday.
S. Telalovic
- 83'
SubSubbed on for A. Wharton
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sondre Tronstad replaces Adam Wharton.
S. Tronstad
- GOAL82'
Goal! Penalty
K. Iheanacho
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 3. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
BLK 1 - 3 LEI - 81'
Foul
Penalty conceded by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 81'BLK
Foul
Penalty Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 81'
Corner awarded
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Adam Wharton.
- 79'
Foul
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
- 79'LEI
Free kick won
Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79'
Shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Yunus Akgün (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
- 77'
Shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 77'
Right footed shot saved
Attempt saved. Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
L. Travis
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