Leicester City vs Brentford

2022 - 8 - 7

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Leicester City begins the new season with a test against last season's surprise team Brentford at the King Power Stadium. The Foxes, led by Brendan Rodgers,

Leicester City is one of the least busiest Premier League teams in the transfer market. Host Leicester City’s success was threatened as the club failed to finish in either of the European places. Brentford successfully preserved its top-flight status for another year after returning to the English top flight after a 74-year wait.

Match Report: Leicester City 2 - 2 Brentford (Fosse Posse)

The Foxes led 2-0 through a first-half goal from Timothy Castagne and a second-half strike by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. Ivan Toney drew one back for the visitors ...

Amartey failed to close down Josh Dasilva on the edge of the area, allowing the substitute to curl a shot past the stranded Ward and secure the draw for the visitors. For a full hour, the Foxes looked like they would coast to an easy victory. If the intent was to slow the match down and prevent Brentford from getting back into the match, it didn’t work. Things were ever so comfortable for Leicester for the first quarter-hour of the second half when, out of nothing, Brentford got one back. The Shepshed Pirlo unleashed an unstoppable drive into the corner of the net to double the City advantage. On 33’, the Foxes opened the scoring in exactly the fashion one would have anticipated: A corner from Maddison found Castagne’s near-post run.

Leicester City vs. Brentford - Football Match Report - August 7, 2022 ... (ESPN)

LEICESTER, England, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Substitute Josh Dasilva scored a superb equaliser with four minutes remaining as Brentford came from two goals down to ...

Leicester hit the post for a second time through Wesley Fofana's header, before Dasilva produced his moment of magic to get Brentford a point. Dasilva went on a mazy run on the edge of the box before curling a shot into the far corner, a goal of real quality to give Brentford a point they deserved for their second-half display. A poor touch from Brentford defender Ben Mee allowed Jamie Vardy to tee up Dewsbury-Hall to fire a low shot from 30 metres into the bottom corner of the net.

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Premier League match Leicester vs Brentford 07.08.2022. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report.

James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Ivan Toney (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Halil Dervisoglu (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Goal! Leicester City 1, Brentford 0. Goal! Leicester City 2, Brentford 0. Goal! Leicester City 2, Brentford 2. Assisted by James Maddison following a set piece situation. Attempt blocked.

Leicester City vs Brentford: Bees buzz back to get nice away point (NBC Sports)

Timothy Castagne and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall staked the Foxes to a 2-0 lead after 46 minutes, but Ivan Toney and Joshua Dasilva scored in the final half-hour to ...

Castagne put Leicester in front off a corner kick, racing to the front post to meet James Maddison’s service and put an unmarked header past David Raya. And Dewsbury-Hall’s made a habit of scoring beautiful goals, but there’s more to this story. Dasilva was good off the bench in securing a result for the Bees, the equalizer coming in the 86th minute. Timothy Castagne and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall staked the Foxes to a 2-0 lead after 46 minutes, but Ivan Toney and Joshua Dasilva scored in the final half-hour to earn Thomas Frank’s men a point.

Josh Dasilva snatches late point for Brentford at Leicester City (The Guardian)

Josh Dasilva scored a late equaliser for Brentford in a 2-2 Premier League draw against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

“Coming back from 2-0 down to 2-2 is a massive moment. But Brentford kept believing and Frank finished the happier manager. They may not have made any signings but Rodgers did a fine job of fielding a new shape after losing Harvey Barnes and Ricardo Pereira to injury last week. Tielemans shot against a post before Leicester converted their territorial dominance into a two-goal lead 25 seconds into the second half. “If you’re chasing the game, it’s on you to try and change it.” Leicester, seemingly cruising to victory with goals from Timothy Castagne and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall just reward for their excellent first hour, dropped off in the East Midlands heat but made only one change.

Bees Breakdown – Leicester City v Brentford Analysis | Beesotted (Beesotted)

Thomas Frank's man management was the difference in the Bee's first match. Only giving up goals from defencive errors, the squad kept their composure to fight ...

The formation going forward changed at this point to a 3-4-3 with Hickey staying back as a center half while Mbeumo and Henry pushed forward on the wings. Coming on in the 59th minute Dasilva provided the creativity needed in the midfield. In the first half Brentford resorted to playing wide, but struggled to generate any chances with only 1 accurate cross the entire match. Brentford did not seem bothered by this lapse in concentration however, and started controlling the ball more while being further up the pitch. This compact system allowed Leicester to find spaces in wide areas and were able to play many crosses into the box from these areas. Thomas Frank’s man management was the difference in the Bee’s first match.