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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