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Leicester Secures Narrow Home Victory Against Middlesbrough
Leicester, England – In a hard-fought match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester managed a narrow victory against Middlesbrough in a match corresponding to matchday 14 of the Championship. The home team, with 37% possession, was outmatched in this aspect by Middlesbrough, who controlled the ball 63% of the time.
The first goal of the match came on the stroke of halftime, when J. Ayew converted a penalty in favor of Leicester. Despite the lead, Middlesbrough pressed constantly, generating numerous scoring opportunities. The visiting team made 16 shots, although only 3 were directed at the goal defended by the Leicester goalkeeper.
The match was characterized by a tough and contested game, reflected in the numerous cards shown by referee Adam Herczeg. Leicester accumulated six yellow cards, while Middlesbrough saw one yellow card and one red card, the latter shown to A. Jones in stoppage time.
Just when it seemed that Leicester would take the victory by the minimum, L. Ayling scored for Middlesbrough in the 90th minute, tying the score. However, the effort was not enough and the game ended with a narrow victory for the home team. Despite having only 6 total shots, 2 on goal, Leicester managed to capitalize on a penalty to take all three points.
Substitutions leicester: at minute 46 J. Stolarczyk came in and A. Begovic went out., at minute 61 J. Carranza came in and P. Daka went out., at minute 69 J. James came in and B. De Cordova-Reid went out., at minute 85 I. Fatawu came in and S. Mavididi went out., at minute 85 O. Skipp came in and H. Choudhury went out.
Substitutions middlesbrough: at minute 63 D. Strelec came in and R. McGree went out., at minute 63 D. Burgzorg came in and S. Nypan went out., at minute 75 H. Hackney came in and M. K. Sene went out., at minute 85 M. Whittaker came in and S. Hansen went out., at minute 85 M. Targett came in and S. Silvera went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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