Leicester hosted the high flying blues side at home as hostilities ensued at the King Power Stadium. This saw 4 goals scored in the contest. Both sides deserved a draw in the match as the result serves both former English Champions right in the course of the match.
Following the 2-2 draw at the King Power Stadium, we take a look at certain match statistics and game features as revealed from the game.
Shots on target
Leicester City – 4
Chelsea FC – 3
Both sides threatened each other – goals as a sign of their true attacking quality with strikers like Tammy Abraham (for Chelsea) and Jamie Vardy (for Leicester City) leading the lines for both sides.
This resulted in 4 goals in the entire match as both Leicester City and Chelsea drew 2-2 in the game.
Shots off target
Leicester City – 5
Chelsea FC – 1
Both teams produced a total of 6 shots off target as attacking strength of both teams were weighed from a tactical and statistical point of view.
This saw Leicester City culminating 5 shots off target proof of their attacking prolificacy in front of the goal. This was unlike Frank Lampard’s Chelsea that had 1 shot off target and managed to peg Leicester to a 2-2 draw.
Possession
Leicester City – 51%
Chelsea FC – 49%
The home side was dominant against the might of the Chelsea football club as proven from the stats above. This may be due to the home support the Leicester side enjoyed in the course of the match.
This may have been the case, while we applaud Leicester’s midfield compositing of Wilfred Ndidi and the want-away James Madison as they did better than the visiting Chelsea in midfield.
Corners
Leicester City – 4
Chelsea FC – 6
The frenetic encounter between these former English Champions Leicester City and Frank Lampard’s Chelsea side have led to a compendium of corner-kick in the contest. This saw both sides culminate about 10 corners in the game.
The Foxes recorded 4 corner-kicks while Chelsea will make do of about 6 corners for the entire 90 minutes.
Offsides
Leicester City – 1
Chelsea FC – 1
Both sides were insistent on getting on the score sheet by all means in the game. It eventually pair out for the two teams as they all scored twice each in the game.
However, the desire to find the breakthrough goal led to one offside apiece in the game.
Fouls
Leicester City – 16
Chelsea FC – 14
The match produced a total of 30 fouls in the entire match as physical challenges persisted among both sides. Chelsea could only have committed 14 fouls while Leicester City side culminated about 16 fouls in the match.
This is due to their high tackle ratio despite having a higher share of the possession than Chelsea.
Goal Kick
Leicester City – 6
Chelsea FC – 7
The Leicester City and Chelsea match saw a bit of firework at both ends of the pitch. This got both sides to endure each other in the contest while they both conceded 2 goals apiece.
This cost the two teams to record a total 13 goal-kicks in the match as both sides sought a breakthrough goal in the contest.
