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Leicester City defeated West Ham United in a thrilling encounter at the King Power Stadium. The match, played on December 3rd, 2024, ended 3-1 in favor of the home side. Despite significantly lower possession (39% vs 61%), Leicester proved more clinical in front of goal.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 2nd minute, assisted by Bilal El Khannouss. El Khannouss added a second in the 61st minute, assisted by Kiernan McAteer. West Ham, despite their possession advantage and higher shot count (31 vs 8), lacked accuracy, with 10 shots off target. Patrick Daka sealed the victory with a goal in the 90th minute, assisted by Victor Kristiansen. Niclas Füllkrug scored a late consolation goal for West Ham, assisted by Crysencio Summerville, but it was too little, too late.
Both teams saw disciplinary action, with two yellow cards for Leicester (Soumaré and Vardy) and two for West Ham (Coufal and Álvarez). A goal by De Cordova-Reid was disallowed for offside. The win gives Leicester three valuable points in Premier League matchday 14.
Substitutions west ham: at minute 46 C. Summerville came in and D. Ings went out., at minute 62 M. Antonio came in and T. Soucek went out., at minute 62 Emerson came in and V. Coufal went out., at minute 62 L. Paqueta came in and C. Soler went out., at minute 79 N. Fullkrug came in and M. Kudus went out.
Substitutions leicester: at minute 60 P. Daka came in and J. Vardy went out., at minute 60 W. Faes came in and J. Vestergaard went out., at minute 74 B. De Cordova-Reid came in and B. El Khannouss went out., at minute 74 S. Mavididi came in and K. McAteer went out., at minute 90 J. Ayew came in and F. Buonanotte went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leicester
West Ham
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