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4¹ TURNER did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SULEMANA. 5¹ EDUN poked an easy chance past the righthand post. 7¹ A clumsy foul on DONOVAN by AMARTEY results in a booking. 14¹ A fine ball from AURIER on the right bobbled toward SULEMANA who scuffed his effort over the bar. 15¹ NYAMBE cautioned by KETTLE. 15¹ GOAL!! ITTEN rifled a penalty beyond the 'keeper after MEITÉ had handled just inside the area. (1-0 Leicester City) 18¹ GOAL!! A weak shot from AMARTEY seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (2-0 Leicester City) 19¹ A free-kick from MOORE flew just beyond the near post. 22¹ AMARTEY dribbled past NYAMBE and stroked a tame shot wide. 25¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in ITTEN cracking a low shot over. 27¹ A corner found MOORE who fired the ball just beyond the far post. 37¹ AINA shot wide. 41¹ GOAL!! A WILSON-ESBRAND run down the middle resulted in a exceptional cross for JONES to volley in. (2-1 Leicester City) 43¹ ITTEN was put clear by VESTERGAARD and he nutmegged the 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar. 2² ITTEN beat a number of Blackburn Rovers players and drove a shot just beyond the near post. 9² DONOVAN headed over. 19² McATEER ran onto a wonderful ball from HOWSON but dragged his shot wide. 26² A wonderful save prevented ITTEN from scoring a good goal. 30² A lovely effort from McATEER scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 34² The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Leicester City's McATEER. 35² A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled ITTEN to fire an effort inches wide. 45² GOAL!! A long ball from VESTERGAARD had the Blackburn Rovers defence back-pedalling and AINA made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (3-1 Leicester City)

Leicester City   League position: 10 Home league form: W--- Overall league form: WWL----- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Wesley FODERINGHAM 7  1 6½ Matt TURNER (c)Serge AURIER 7½ 2 7  Calvin RAMSAY Ola AINA 7  3 7  Josh WILSON-ESBRAND Kamal SOWAH 8½ 4 6½ Louie ANNESLEY Jannik VESTERGAARD 8  5 6½ Ryan NYAMBE(c) Daniel AMARTEY 6½ 6 6½ Seán ROUGHAN Jonny HOWSON 7½ 7 6  Souahilo MEITÉ Kamaldeen SULEMANA 5½ 8 6½ Adetayo EDUN (p)Cédric ITTEN 7½ 9 6  Romelle DONOVAN(p) (f)Elijah ADEBAYO 6  10 6  Dilan MARKANDAY(f) Kieffer MOORE 7½ 11 6  Ricky-Jade JONES Manager Scott Smillie George HIRST    12    Sofiane BOUFAL Daniel IVERSEN    13    Josh GRIFFITHS Kian PENNANT    14    Harvey VALE Kasey McATEER 7  15    Jack VALE Alexandru PASCANU    16    Kelvin EHIBHATIOMHAN

Blackburn Rovers   League position: 23 Away league form: LL-- Overall league form: LLLL---- Formation: 4-2-3-1

Statistics

Leicester City 3 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 35,561, Stadium: King Power Stadium, Referee: Trevor Kettle 7½) Itten 15¹ (pen), Amartey 18¹, Aina 45² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Jones 41¹ SulemanaóMcAteer 7²       Amartey 7¹ Nyambe 15¹ 6 2 4 5 1 6 8 3 21 3 29 6 5 2 67% 33% ¶ Man of the match: Kamal Sowah ¶