UEFA Europa League

Spartak vs Leicester 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

Spartak Moscow
  • 11': Aleksandr Sobolev
  • 44': Jordan Larsson
  • 86': Aleksandr Sobolev
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3 - 4
Leicester City
  • 45': Patson Daka
  • 48': Patson Daka
  • 54': Patson Daka
  • 78': Patson Daka

Four-goal Patson Daka leads Leicester to stunning win at Spartak

Patson Daka scored four goals to inspire Leicester City to a 4-3 comeback win at Spartak Moscow in Europa League Group C on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 11': Goal! Spartak Moscow 1, Leicester City 0. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zelimkhan Bakaev.
  • 30': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 33': Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 0. Jordan Larsson (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Moses.
  • 45': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 1. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho with a through ball.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 1.
  • 48': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 2. Patson Daka (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 54': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 3. Patson Daka (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a through ball.
  • 59': Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  • 65': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Youri Tielemans because of an injury.
  • 68': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Quincy Promes replaces Zelimkhan Bakaev.
  • 68': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Mikhail Ignatov replaces Roman Zobnin.
  • 78': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Leicester City 4. Patson Daka (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a through ball.
  • 82': Substitution, Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard replaces Jonny Evans.
  • 82': Substitution, Leicester City. Ryan Bertrand replaces Luke Thomas.
  • 86': Goal! Spartak Moscow 3, Leicester City 4. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Moses.
  • 88': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Alexander Lomovitskiy replaces Jordan Larsson.
  • 90'+5': Alexander Lomovitskiy (Spartak Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Spartak Moscow 3, Leicester City 4.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Lukoil Arena
Location: Moscow, Russia
Attendance: 11,366

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 2
57.3 Possession 42.7
20 SHOTS 11
6 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
438 Accurate Passes 290
515 Passes 378
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 5
14 Crosses 18
0.4 Cross % 0.3
45 Long Balls 41
25 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 4
14 Effective Tackles 7
24 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 12
25 Effective Clearances 13
25 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

SPM Spartak Moscow (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
98 Aleksandr Maksimenko (GK)
2 Samuel Gigot
14 Georgi Dzhikiya
92 Nikolai Rasskazov
47 Roman Zobnin
68 Ruslan Litvinov Yellow Card
6 Ayrton Lucas
8 Victor Moses
7 Aleksandr Sobolev
10 Zelimkhan Bakaev
11 Jordan Larsson
Substitutes:
Aleksandr Selikhov, Artyom Rebrov, Ilya Kutepov, Quincy Promes, Ilya Gaponov, Stepan Melnikov, Mikhail Ignatov, Andrey Eshchenko, Aleksandr Lomovitski.

LEI Leicester City (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
6 Jonny Evans
4 Caglar Söyüncü
18 Daniel Amartey
42 Boubakary Soumaré Yellow Card
8 Youri Tielemans
10 James Maddison
33 Luke Thomas
21 Ricardo Pereira Yellow Card
29 Patson Daka
14 Kelechi Iheanacho
Substitutes:
Marc Albrighton, Filip Benkovic, Ademola Lookman, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Eldin Jakupovic, Ryan Bertrand, Harvey Barnes, Danny Ward, Jannik Vestergaard, Timothy Castagne, Hamza Choudhury, Jamie Vardy.

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