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Leicester City vs Sunderland

Championship
Leicester
1-0-0
4-2
Final
Sunderland
0-0-1
King Power Stadium

Match pulse

LEIAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'SUN
44%Possession56%
20Shots11
8On target5
6Corners3
3Saves4
13Fouls17
17'Jack RodwellSUN42'Billy JonesSUN49'Jamie VardyLEI73'Younes KaboulSUN85'Sebastián CoatesSUN90'+1'Jeff SchluppLEI
Team1H2HT
LEI314
SUN022

Who won: Leicester 4-2

Leicester City beat Sunderland 4-2 on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at King Power Stadium. Goals for Leicester: Jamie Vardy (11'), Riyad Mahrez (18', 25' pen) and Marc Albrighton (66'). Goals for Sunderland: Jermain Defoe (60') and Steven Fletcher (71').

Play by play

  1. Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Sunderland 2.
  2. 90'+3'LEI

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Sebastián Coates.

  3. 90'+2'

    Foul

    Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).

  4. 90'+2'

    Free kick won

    Adam Johnson (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  5. 90'+1'

    Yellow card

    Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

    J. Schlupp

  6. 89'

    Free kick won

    Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  7. 89'Christian Fuchs

    Foul

    Foul by Christian Fuchs (Leicester City).

  8. 87'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.

  9. 87'

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.

    S. Okazaki

  10. 86'

    Free kick won

    Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  11. 86'

    Foul

    Foul by Jack Rodwell (Sunderland).

  12. 85'

    Yellow card

    Sebastián Coates (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    S. Coates

  13. 85'SUN

    Free kick won

    Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  14. 85'

    Foul

    Foul by Sebastián Coates (Sunderland).

  15. 83'

    Free kick won

    Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  16. 83'

    Foul

    Foul by Yohan Benalouane (Leicester City).

  17. 82'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Vardy

    Substitution, Leicester City. N'Golo Kanté replaces Jamie Vardy.

    N. Kanté

  18. 81'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Rodwell.

    S. Larsson

  19. 78'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.

  20. 77'Christian Fuchs
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Mahrez

    Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Riyad Mahrez.

    C. Fuchs

  21. 75'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. de Laet

    Substitution, Leicester City. Yohan Benalouane replaces Ritchie de Laet because of an injury.

    Y. Benalouane

  22. 75'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  23. 74'

    Delay in match Ritchie de Laet (Leicester City) because of an injury.

  24. 73'

    Yellow card

    Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Y. Kaboul

  25. 73'

    Free kick won

    Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Leaders

LEISUN
Total Shots
Riyad Mahrez
6
Jermain Defoe
3
Accurate Passes
Danny Drinkwater
42
Younes Kaboul
51
Saves
Kasper Schmeichel
3
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