Football
Blackburn Rovers vs Leicester City. Sky Bet Championship.
12:00pm, Sunday 1st October 2023.
Ewood ParkAttendance: Attendance15,937.
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
Hand ball by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Harry Pickering.
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Dilan Markanday.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sondre Tronstad replaces Adam Wharton.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 3. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Adam Wharton.
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Yunus Akgün (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
Substitution, Leicester City. Cesare Casadei replaces Kasey McAteer because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Ricardo Pereira.
Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Stephy Mavididi.
Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
Attempt blocked. Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hayden Carter.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Leopold Wahlstedt replaces Aynsley Pears because of an injury.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Arnór Sigurdsson.
Delay in match because of an injury Aynsley Pears (Blackburn Rovers).
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Abdul Fatawu.
Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
Attempt blocked. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Abdul Fatawu.
Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Travis from a direct free kick.
Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 2.
First Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 2.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Dominic Hyam is caught offside.
Foul by Wout Faes (Leicester City).
Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Travis.
Foul by Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers).
Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
Foul by Harry Winks (Leicester City).
Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Brittain following a corner.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Stephy Mavididi.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dilan Markanday.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sammie Szmodics is caught offside.
Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
Attempt missed. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 1. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Harry Winks.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by James Justin.
Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Leicester City 1. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Aynsley Pears.
Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
