Leicester City v Brentford, 20 March 2022

Score2-1 to Leicester City
RefereeDarren England
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance31,830
Kick-off: 2.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 2 Leicester City won: 2 Drawn: 0 Brentford won: 0 Leicester City scored: 4 Brentford scored: 2 This was Brentford's first visit to Leicester City since 19 September 1992 at Filbert Street in League Division 1.

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Timothy Castagne 20 G
James Maddison 33 G

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 85 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel
Defender Timothy Castagne
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Midfielder James Maddison
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Midfielder/Forward Harvey Barnes

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Jonny Evans for Timothy Castagne 64
Boubakary Soumaré for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 79
Patson Daka for Kelechi Iheanacho 85

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Vitaly Janelt 56
Mads Roerslev for Kristoffer Ajer 66
Tariqe Fosu-Henry for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 76 Y

Cards:

Ethan Pinnock 83 Y
Christian Norgaard 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Patson Daka

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Tariqe Fosu-Henry
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Sergi Canós

Comments:

League position: 10th With their second goal, Leicester City became the 13th team to score 800 goals in the Premier League (played 601, conceded 855). The Foxes had now won their last six games in the Premier League against newly-promoted teams. City had now won five of their last seven games in all competitions (lost two).

Comments:

League position: 15th Brentford failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1946. The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in each of ten of their last 11 away games in the Premier League. They had now lost 14 of their last 23 games in the Premier League (won five).

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Goals:

Timothy Castagne 20 G
James Maddison 33 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel
Defender Timothy Castagne
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Midfielder James Maddison
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Midfielder/Forward Harvey Barnes

Substitutions:

Jonny Evans for Timothy Castagne 64
Boubakary Soumaré for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 79
Patson Daka for Kelechi Iheanacho 85

Cards:

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Patson Daka

Comments:

League position: 10th With their second goal, Leicester City became the 13th team to score 800 goals in the Premier League (played 601, conceded 855). The Foxes had now won their last six games in the Premier League against newly-promoted teams. City had now won five of their last seven games in all competitions (lost two).

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 85 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Vitaly Janelt 56
Mads Roerslev for Kristoffer Ajer 66
Tariqe Fosu-Henry for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

Ethan Pinnock 83 Y
Christian Norgaard 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Tariqe Fosu-Henry
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Sergi Canós

Comments:

League position: 15th Brentford failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1946. The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in each of ten of their last 11 away games in the Premier League. They had now lost 14 of their last 23 games in the Premier League (won five).