Leicester City v Brentford, 07 August 2022

Score2-2
RefereeJarred Gillett
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance31,794
Kick-off: 2.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 3 Leicester City won: 2 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 0 Leicester City scored: 6 Brentford scored: 4 Leicester City had now won nine and drawn two of the 11 meetings in all competitions since March 1953.

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Timothy Castagne 33 G
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 46 G

Goals:

Ivan Toney 62 G
Josh Dasilva 86 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Timothy Castagne
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder James Maddison
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Forward Jamie Vardy

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Aaron Hickey Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Patson Daka for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 73

Substitutions:

Josh Dasilva for Mathias Jensen 59
Keane Lewis-Potter for Ben Mee 59
Shandon Baptiste for Christian Norgaard 73
Mads Bech Sørensen for Aaron Hickey 84
Halil Dervişoğlu for Yoane Wissa 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Marc Albrighton
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder Dennis Praet
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Patson Daka

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Forward Josh Dasilva

Comments:

Leicester City retained their record of avoiding defeat in a home game at the start of a season in the Premier League since a 5-0 defeat against Bolton Wanderers at Filbert Street in 2001. City had now won five and drawn two of their last eight home games in the Premier League. The Foxes both scored and conceded in a club record 26 games in the Premier League in the previous season.

Comments:

Brentford failed in their attempt to win their opening league game in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2005-06. The Bees had now scored 50 goals in the Premier League (played 39, conceded 58). They had now conceded two or more goals in each of 13 of their last 16 away games in the Premier League.

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Goals:

Timothy Castagne 33 G
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 46 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Timothy Castagne
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder James Maddison
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Forward Jamie Vardy

Substitutions:

Patson Daka for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 73

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Marc Albrighton
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder Dennis Praet
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Patson Daka

Comments:

Leicester City retained their record of avoiding defeat in a home game at the start of a season in the Premier League since a 5-0 defeat against Bolton Wanderers at Filbert Street in 2001. City had now won five and drawn two of their last eight home games in the Premier League. The Foxes both scored and conceded in a club record 26 games in the Premier League in the previous season.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Ivan Toney 62 G
Josh Dasilva 86 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Aaron Hickey Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Josh Dasilva for Mathias Jensen 59
Keane Lewis-Potter for Ben Mee 59
Shandon Baptiste for Christian Norgaard 73
Mads Bech Sørensen for Aaron Hickey 84
Halil Dervişoğlu for Yoane Wissa 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Forward Josh Dasilva

Comments:

Brentford failed in their attempt to win their opening league game in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2005-06. The Bees had now scored 50 goals in the Premier League (played 39, conceded 58). They had now conceded two or more goals in each of 13 of their last 16 away games in the Premier League.