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Blackburn Stuns Leicester on Their Home Turf
Leicester, England – In a match held at the King Power Stadium, Blackburn Rovers secured an important victory against Leicester City on matchday 13 of the Championship. Despite Leicester’s dominance in possession, with 63% compared to Blackburn’s 37%, it was the visiting team that showed greater effectiveness in front of the goal.
Icelandic player A. Gudjohnsen emerged as the key figure of the match, scoring a brace that sealed the victory for Blackburn. The first goal came in the 20th minute, opening the scoring and silencing the home crowd. Despite the yellow card received by A. Henriksson in the 23rd minute, Blackburn managed to maintain composure. Gudjohnsen’s second goal, assisted by R. Alebiosu, came in the 63rd minute, extending the lead and further complicating Leicester’s aspirations.
Leicester City, although generating a total of 11 shots, only managed to send one on target, highlighting a lack of accuracy. In addition, they committed 7 fouls and did not receive any cautions. On the other hand, Blackburn Rovers, with 8 total shots, demonstrated greater precision with 5 shots on target. They committed 12 fouls and received one yellow card. The referee, Tom Nield, controlled the match without major incidents. In the end, Blackburn took the victory in a match where effectiveness outweighed possession.
Substitutions blackburn: at minute 46 A. Henriksson came in and R. Morishita went out., at minute 46 D. De Neve came in and R. Hedges went out., at minute 60 T. Gardner-Hickman came in and K. Montgomery went out., at minute 80 S. Tronstad came in and A. Forshaw went out., at minute 87 Y. Ohashi came in and M. Gueye went out.
Substitutions leicester: at minute 63 J. Carranza came in and P. Daka went out., at minute 64 V. Kristiansen came in and L. Thomas went out., at minute 64 S. Mavididi came in and J. Ayew went out., at minute 74 J. James came in and B. De Cordova-Reid went out., at minute 80 B. Soumare came in and S. Thomas went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leicester
Titulares:
Blackburn
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