Irish Sunday Mirror

MATCH FACTS

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Leicester City registered consecutiv­e Premier League wins for the first time since October, while they have kept back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since February 2021.

Leeds United have suffered five consecutiv­e league defeats for the first time since April 2015 in the Championsh­ip under Neil Redfearn.

Leeds failed to score in three consecutiv­e league games for the first time since March 2021 – their 19 shots today produced a combined ‘expected goals’ value of 1.95, their most in a league game without scoring since June 2020 against Cardiff (2.07 xg from 17 shots).

Harvey Barnes has scored in five consecutiv­e league appearance­s against Leeds United (one for West Brom, four for Leicester). He has scored more league goals against Leeds (5) than any other club.

Leeds haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 13 league matches, their longest run without a clean sheet since a 14-game run between March and August 2016.

All five managers who have faced Brendan Rodgers in their first Premier League match have lost – Ronald Koeman in August 2014 with Southampto­n, Hayden Mullins in December 2019 with Watford, Paul Heckingbot­tom in March 2021 with Sheffield United, Bruno Lage in August 2021 with Wolves and Leeds United’s Jesse Marsch yesterday.

Since his first Premier League substitute appearance back in August 2015, only Olivier Giroud (19) has been involved in more goals as a substitute than Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho (17 - 9 goals, 8 assists). His eight assists as a sub are also the joint-most in that time, along with Demarai Gray.

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