Premier League round-up: Lampard under pressure as Leicester go top

๐Ÿ† @FCKobenhavn are back-to-back champions of Denmark. They have been ruthlessly clinical in front of goal:

๐Ÿ”น 60 goals (most)
๐Ÿ”น 53.9 xG (most)
๐Ÿ”น 6.1 goals over expected (most)
๐Ÿ”น 5.8 shots on target per game (most)
๐Ÿ”น 26.6 touches in opp. box per game (most)

#fcklive | #sldk twitter.com/FCKobenhavn/stโ€ฆ

๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘บ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ฌ

#fcklive #sldk

๐Ÿ”น 12 goals
๐Ÿ”น 53 shots
๐Ÿ”น 24 on target
๐Ÿ”น 8.9 xG
๐Ÿ”น 3.1 goals over expected
๐Ÿ”น 5.6 xA
๐Ÿ”น 20.8% conversion
๐Ÿ”น 4.4 touches in opposing box (per game)

In all of the above metrics, @FCKobenhavn‘s Viktor Claesson sits in the 95th percentile of all #sldk players (at least).

#fcklive

๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐Ÿ“Š

๐Ÿ”ต #LCFC win: 49%
โš’๏ธ #WHUFC win: 27%
๐Ÿค Draw: 24%

That point at Newcastle might just come back to save Dean Smith’s @LCFC today. But they’ll need all three points against West Ham, and a favour from Bournemouth.

#PremierLeague | #LEIWHU

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Leicester take Chelsea apart

Leicester beat Chelsea 2-0 to go top of the Premier League table as pressure mounts on Frank Lampard as Chelsea manager.

Brendan Rodgersโ€™ side took the lead after six minutes when Wilfred Ndidiโ€™s shot from outside the box bounced off the post and into the net after a clever short corner.

The Foxes dominated the game but had a scare in the 38th minute when a penalty was given to Chelsea, but it was overturned when VAR ruled that the foul was made just outside the box.

Just three minutes later, James Maddison doubled Leicesterโ€™s lead with a cool finish past Edouard Mendy after running onto Marc Albrightonโ€™s pass. It was the third consecutive league game that the Leicester midfielder has scored in.

James Maddison of Leicester City scores to make it 2-0 during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Chelsea at The King Power Stadium. (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)

It was a comfortable second half for Leicester, who did not come under much pressure.ย 


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Leicester go top of the table, a point ahead of Manchester United who have a game in hand.

Chelsea are in eighth, five points off the top four. They have lost five of their last eight league games since they beat Leeds in early December.

Since Lampard has took charge, only Newcastle (52) have conceded more away goals in the Premier League than Chelsea (50).

Leicester have won all 12 games this season after scoring the first goal. They have such one fewer point (38) than they did at the midway point in the season they won the title in 2015/16.


Antonio scores winner again

Michail Antonio scored the decisive match-winning goal again as West Ham edged past West Brom 2-1 at the London Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen put David Moyesโ€™ side ahead on the stroke of half-time when Jarrod Bowen chested in Vladamir Coufalโ€™s cross.

Matheus Pereira equalised with a powerful shot from distance six minutes after the restart. West Ham then started to push for a winner with Declan Rice coming close on two occasions

But the hosts got the all important winner in the 66th minute when Aaron Cresswellโ€™s cross was headed into the path of Antonio by substitute Andriy Yarmolenko and the Englishman hooked a finish past Sam Johnstone in goal.

West Ham United’s English midfielder Michail Antonio scores his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion at The London Stadium. Photo by MIKE HEWITT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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West Ham won their third successive game and are up to seventh, two points off a Champions League place. West Bromโ€™s goal was the first they have conceded in their past five games in all competitions.

32 points at the halfway stage is the most they have collected at the halfway stage in the Premier League.

The goal was Antonioโ€™s 41st in the Premier League, all have been scored from inside the box

West Brom remain 19th and are five points from safety.


Featured image: James Maddison of Leicester City celebrates after scoring to make it 2-0 during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Chelsea at The King Power Stadium. (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)

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๐Ÿ† @FCKobenhavn are back-to-back champions of Denmark. They have been ruthlessly clinical in front of goal:

๐Ÿ”น 60 goals (most)
๐Ÿ”น 53.9 xG (most)
๐Ÿ”น 6.1 goals over expected (most)
๐Ÿ”น 5.8 shots on target per game (most)
๐Ÿ”น 26.6 touches in opp. box per game (most)

#fcklive | #sldk twitter.com/FCKobenhavn/stโ€ฆ

๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘บ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ฌ

#fcklive #sldk

๐Ÿ”น 12 goals
๐Ÿ”น 53 shots
๐Ÿ”น 24 on target
๐Ÿ”น 8.9 xG
๐Ÿ”น 3.1 goals over expected
๐Ÿ”น 5.6 xA
๐Ÿ”น 20.8% conversion
๐Ÿ”น 4.4 touches in opposing box (per game)

In all of the above metrics, @FCKobenhavn‘s Viktor Claesson sits in the 95th percentile of all #sldk players (at least).

#fcklive

๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐Ÿ“Š

๐Ÿ”ต #LCFC win: 49%
โš’๏ธ #WHUFC win: 27%
๐Ÿค Draw: 24%

That point at Newcastle might just come back to save Dean Smith’s @LCFC today. But they’ll need all three points against West Ham, and a favour from Bournemouth.

#PremierLeague | #LEIWHU