Match Report


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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at King Power Stadium where Leicester City play host to Brentford. A crowd of 20,139 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Leicester City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Brentford appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.


0.00
Leicester City start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.38
Leicester City are easily keeping Brentford at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
3.42
Guillermo Aguilar controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo shoots from outside the area. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
8.07
Robert Altidore threads the ball through to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo lofts in a cross ball towards Ben Windass. Ben Windass heads the ball goalwards. Nicholas Tiatto easily picks it out of the air!
10.05
Eben Amoah catches Jose Morales on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Jose Morales hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
12.53
Brentford are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Leicester City's defence.
20.18
Fouzi Boukhari deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Robert Altidore. Robert Altidore makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ben Windass. Ben Windass shoots from 20 yards. Ben Windass scores for Leicester City!!
26.57
Claus Håland kicks a strong pass forward to Marinos Tsoukalas. Marinos Tsoukalas finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
30.43
Guillermo Aguilar kicks a strong pass forward to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo passes the ball forward to Steffen Normann. Steffen Normann tries a spectacular strike. Magnificent save by Nicholas Tiatto!
32.27
Enzo Gissi threads the ball through to Farid Saïfi. Farid Saïfi threads the ball through to Gísli Gudmundsson. Gísli Gudmundsson knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Fouzi Boukhari.
33.18
Diogo Figueroa makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Claus Håland. Claus Håland chips the ball to his team mate, Gísli Gudmundsson. Gísli Gudmundsson goes all the way! Gísli Gudmundsson rockets a shot on goal. Muzzy Kayis easily smothers it.
34.38
Simão Moran makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Eben Amoah. Eben Amoah finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.28
Enzo Gissi threads the ball through to Viktor Ibertsberger. Viktor Ibertsberger knocks the ball to his team mate, Marinos Tsoukalas. Marinos Tsoukalas makes a probing pass to Gísli Gudmundsson but he's offside!
39.42
Kevin Mahler catches Gísli Gudmundsson on the ankles. Kevin Mahler is warned by the referee! Gísli Gudmundsson runs off the knock.
44.09
Farid Saïfi threads the ball through to Marinos Tsoukalas. Marinos Tsoukalas knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Kevin Mahler.
45.00
Farid Saïfi brings the ball forward. Farid Saïfi shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!


45.00
Brentford start the second half!
47.47
Emilio San Martín kicks a strong pass forward to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
54.18
Robert Altidore knocks the ball to his team mate, Steffen Normann. Steffen Normann kicks a strong pass forward to Trond Egil Favo but the referee indicates it's offside!
55.09
Emilio San Martín chips the ball to his team mate, Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
61.22
Marinos Tsoukalas clumsily knocks into Sebastian Strache. The referee calls over Marinos Tsoukalas and shows him a yellow card! Sebastian Strache hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
65.12
Guillermo Aguilar sees a break and surges forward. Guillermo Aguilar knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
69.58
Robert Altidore passes the ball forward to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
73.04
Robert Altidore threads the ball through to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Nicholas Tiatto who gathers it comfortably.
77.01
Simão Moran passes the ball forward to Eben Amoah. Eben Amoah sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
78.34
Guillermo Aguilar makes a simple pass to Trond Egil Favo. Trond Egil Favo lofts in a cross ball towards Steffen Normann. Steffen Normann powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Nicholas Tiatto!
84.55
Sebastian Strache deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Robert Altidore. Robert Altidore sees space and advances. Robert Altidore passes the ball forward but Ben Windass is offside!
85.05
Claus Håland makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marinos Tsoukalas. Marinos Tsoukalas kicks a strong pass forward to Gísli Gudmundsson. Gísli Gudmundsson shoots from just inside the box but it goes wide for a goal kick.
87.11
Emilio San Martín sees a break and surges forward. Emilio San Martín goes all the way! Emilio San Martín makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
89.39
Kevin Mahler makes a simple pass to Robert Altidore. Robert Altidore knocks the ball to his team mate, Steffen Normann. Steffen Normann makes a probing pass to Ben Windass but he's offside!
90.00
Simão Moran knocks the ball forward to Gísli Gudmundsson. Gísli Gudmundsson shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time


The man of the match was awarded to Robert Altidore of Leicester City
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
5
1
Shots off Target
2
6
Offsides
3
1
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
0
2
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
57.7%
42.3%
Play Area
32.4%
43.7%
23.9%

Scorers