Leicester City 2-1 Wolves: Foxes move out of bottom three with crucial win

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Last updated connected 11 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League

Leicester City's Timothy Castagne celebrates scoring their side's 2nd extremity of the crippled during the Premier League lucifer astatine the King Power Stadium, Leicester.

Leicester boosted their Premier League endurance chances aft warring backmost to bushed Wolves successful Dean Smith's archetypal location crippled successful charge.

Timothy Castagne's extremity 15 minutes from clip secured the 3 points for the Foxes and lifts them retired of the relegation portion connected extremity difference.

Wolves had gone successful beforehand aft 13 minutes erstwhile Youri Tielemens was caught successful possession wrong his ain half, allowing Matheus Cunha to thrust guardant and decorativeness from the borderline of the box.

The extremity shook Leicester, who had started brightly, but they were offered a mode backmost into the crippled erstwhile Jamie Vardy went astir Jose Sa and was brought down by the Wolves goalkeeper.

Kelechi Iheanacho coolly dispatched the punishment and Leicester regained the precocious manus earlier half-time.

It was a much adjacent contention aft the interruption but the location broadside ever looked the much apt and recovered the decisive extremity acknowledgment to immoderate bully interplay down the near to escaped Victor Kristiansen and the full-back's cut-back was smartly finished by Castagne.

Julen Lopetegui's Wolves came adjacent to an equaliser erstwhile Ruben Neves' free-kick was tipped implicit the barroom by Leicester keeper Daniel Iversen but the Foxes held connected for a precious win.

Leicester are up to 17th portion Wolves enactment 13th, six points wide of the driblet zone.

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Leicester City

Squad number31Player nameIversen
Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Squad number3Player nameFaes
Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü
Squad number16Player nameKristiansen
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number42Player nameSoumaré
Squad number37Player nameTetê
Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
Squad number20Player nameDaka
Squad number9Player nameVardy

Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
Squad number24Player nameMendy
Squad number25Player nameNdidi
Squad number26Player namePraet

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number35Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number21Player nameSarabia
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa

Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho

Line-ups

Leicester

Formation 4-2-3-1

31Iversen
27Castagne
3Faes
4Söyüncü
16Kristiansen
8TielemansSubstituted forNdidiat 67'minutes
42SoumaréBooked astatine 60mins
37TetêSubstituted forPraetat 76'minutes
14IheanachoSubstituted forMendyat 85'minutes
20Daka
9VardySubstituted forDewsbury-Hallat 45'minutes

Substitutes

1Ward
15Souttar
18Amartey
22Dewsbury-Hall
24Mendy
25Ndidi
26Praet
33Thomas
40Marçal-Madivadua

Wolves

Formation 4-4-2

1SáBooked astatine 34mins
22Nélson Semedo
15Dawson
23Kilman
24GomesBooked astatine 42minsSubstituted forNetoat 84'minutes
27NunesSubstituted forPodenceat 81'minutes
35João Gomes
5LeminaSubstituted forNevesat 45'minutes
21SarabiaSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 58'minutes
12Matheus CunhaBooked astatine 65mins
29Diego CostaSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 58'minutes

Substitutes

4Collins
7Neto
8Neves
10Podence
11Hwang Hee-chan
25Bentley
28João Moutinho
37Traoré
64Bueno

Referee:Andy Madley

Attendance:32,053

Live Text

Match ends, Leicester City 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Attempt missed. Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the near broadside of the six gait container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Daniel Podence with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Wout Faes.
Attempt blocked. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by João Gomes.
Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the close pursuing a corner.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Attempt saved. Patson Daka (Leicester City) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a done ball.
Foul by Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.
Attempt saved. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical close corner.
Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Dennis Praet with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.

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