Leicester City FC analysis from season 2015/16 before the game against Chelsea (Premier League Round 24).

1. SCOUTING REPORT
LEICESTER CITY FC
Season 2015/16

2. GENERAL INFORMATION
Index
ATTACK DEFENSE
ATTACKING PHASE
PREVIOUS RESULT
ATTACKING SET PIECES
STRONG AREAS
DEFENSIVE PHASE
TRANSITION ATACK-
DEFEND
WEAK AREAS
DEFENSIVE SET PIECES
PRESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
PROBABLE LINE UP
LAST LINE UP
TRANSITION ATACK-
DEFEND
Game 24 . Leicester City FC. Season 2015/16
TECHNICAL STAFF
PLAYERS
GENERAL ATK/DEF CHARACTERISTICS
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
STATISTICSGENERAL DATA
ROSTER

3. GENERAL INFORMATION

4. General Data
Club Name: Leicester FC Football Club
Web: http://www.lcfc.com/
Uniforms:
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Dimensions: 102 x 67 m
Grass: Grass
Capacity: 32.262 people

5. Previous Results
GAME HOME TEAM RESULT AWAY TEAM
20 Leicester 0-0 Bournemouth
Tottenham 2-2 Leicester
21 Tottenham 0-1 Leicester
22 Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester
Leicester 0-2 Tottenham
23 Leicester 3-0 Stoke
24 Leicester Liverpool
25 Manchester City Leicester
POS TEAM GP W T L GF GA PTS
1 Leicester City Football Club 23 13 8 2 42 26 47

6. Statistics up until Game 23

7. GOALS FORGOALS AGAINST
Goals Count For Minutes
0
5
10
15
0-15 15-30 30-45
First Half
0
5
10
15
45-60 60-75 75-90
Second Half
0
5
10
15
0-15 15-30 30-45
First Half
0
5
10
15
45-60 60-75 75-90
Second Half

8. DESCRIPTIVE PART

9. Technical Staff
Manager: Claudio Ranieri
Previous Teams:
Craig Shakespeare
Assistant Manager
Mike Stowell
Goalkeeper
Coach
Steve Walsh
Assistant Manager
Paul Balsom
Performance
Analyst
Paolo Benetti
Assistant Manager
Ollie Waldron
Technical
Scout

10. Name: Kasper Schmeichel
Height: 1.85 m
Position: Goalkeeper
Name: Mark Shwarzer
Height: 1.95 m
Position: Goalkeeper
Name: Wes Morgan
Height: 1.86 m
Position: CB
Name: Danny Drinkwater
Height: 1.77 m
Position: CM
Players
• Right Footed
• Great kicking, being dangerous
staring counter attack.
• Determination in his actions,
transmitting security.
• Weak of anthropometric, with
lack of any strenght.
• Right footed
• Good shot stopping
abilities.
• Old player, lack of speed
and physical conditions.
• Left footed
• Great work rate on the pitch,
with good passing technique.
• Weak positioning in defensive
phase.
• Right footed
• Aggressive player.
• Consistent performer.
• Great strength.
• Slow player, suffer with
passes to his back.

11. Name: Jamie Vardy
Height: 1.78 m
Position: STC/AMR
Name: Andy King
Height: 1.83 m
Position: CM/DM/AMC
Name: March Albrighton
Height: 1.74 m
Position: AMR/AML/ML
Name: Robert Huth
Height: 1.91 m
Position: CB
Players
• Right Footed
• Aggressive player.
• High work rate for match.
• Good aerial game abilities.
• Bad with the ball in his feet.
• Fairly slow player.
• Right footed
• Aggressive player.
• Fast player.
• High work rate on the pitch.
• Limited skill.
• Right footed
• Intelligent player.
• Consistent performer.
• Lack of strength and
athleticism can sometimes let
the player down.
• Right footed
• Possesses a great stamina.
• High work rate on the pitch.
• Weak aerial game, and
technique.

12. Players
• Right one Footed
• Fast player, with a great
acceleration.
• Weak aerial game, and
marking mistakes.
Name: Jeff Schlupp
Height: 1.78 m
Position: LM/LB/STC
Name: Danny Simpson
Height: 1.77 m
Position:RB
Name: Shinji Okazaki
Height: 1.78m
Position: STC/AMR/AML
• Left only footed
• Fast player.
• Weak passing abilities.
• Weak aerial game.
• Right footed
• Fast player.
• High work rate on the pitch.
• Weak technique, and fairly
poor in the air.
• Either footed
• Aggressive player.
• Athletic player.
• Consistent performer.
• Poor intelligence in his actions with
the ball.
• Weak pass abilities.
Name: Ngolo Kante
Height: 1.69 m
Position: CM/AMC

13. Name: Christian Fuchs
Height: 1.86 m
Position: LB
Name: Nathan Dyer
Height: 1.65m
Position:AMR/RM/LM/AML
Name: Riyad Mahrez
Height: 1.79 m
Position: AMR/RM/AML
Players
• Right Footed
• Great aerial game.
• High work rate on the pitch.
• Limited skills.
• High percent of miss first
touch passes per game.
• Right footed
• Fast player, with a great
acceleration.
• High work rate on the pitch.
• Consistent performance.
• Lack of any strength, and weak
aerial game.
• Left footed
• Great crossing, and long throws
abilities.
• Athletic player.
• Consistent performer.
• Free kicks specialist.
• Weak positioning on the pitch.
Name: Leoardo Ulloa
Height: 1.85 m
Position: STC
• Left footed
• Possess a great acceleration.
• Skillful player, with a good vision
with the ball.
• Selfish player.
• Weak aerial game, and defensive
work rate.

14. Players
• Right Footed
• Good in the air.
• Fairly slow player.
• Poor technique.
Name: Yohan Benalouane
Height: 1.85 m
Position: CB
Name: Gokhan Inler
Height: 1.82 m
Position:
• Either footed
• Good team player.
• Dangerous long shots.
• Consistent performer.
• Poor intelligence on the pitch.
• Lack of movement off ball.

15. Vs Stoke (Home)
Line PL Game 23

16. Vs Aston Villa (Away)
Line PL Game 22

17. Vs Tottenham (Away)
Line PL Game 21

18. Defensive Phase
1-Start of Pressing:
•In defensive phase, LEI uses a 1-4-4-2.
•LEI is a team with medium tactical intensity. The team drops in block close to half line,
waiting for the opponent and making invitational pressing to the sides with the Forward line,
enclose the player with the ball in the sides and forcing the mistake.
•The attacking line cover the middle zone, avoiding the opposition progression for the middle,
and pressing to the opposition center backs to avoid the easy long ball.
•The midfielders line, the LM and RM press the opponent left and right backs, trying to force
the mistake in the opponent. Both CM keeps their position in the middle to avoid middle pass
line. The LM or RM from the opposite side of the ball, narrow his position.
•The defenders line step up a little to reduce the space with the midfielders line. Both LB and
RB step up their position to cover the opposite winger.
•When the rival team overcome the pressing, and penetrate in LEI half field. LEI keeps its 1-4-4-2
formation, dropping their positions, until to have 8 players behind the ball (Defensive line, Midfielder
line).
•The distant between lines is very reduced to avoid the opponent game between lines, although they
suffers against team with a lot mobility between lines.
•LEI accumulates players in active ball zone and middle zone, the midfielders line leaving the passive ball
zone alone, gathering all the players close to active ball zone. One of the CM drop his position close to
CB, and making coverage at the space between the LB/RB and the CB.
•The Defenders line keep their position, both CB do not abandoned their position.
•One of the forward drop his position helping in defensive work. The another(Vardy) keeps forward
waiting for DEF-ATK transition.
2-Destruction of creation:
3-Defense of Goal:
•In defense of goal, The defensive line defends in mix marking.
•LEI defends the goal with 8 players.
• Good coverage system in 1v1 situation in the flanks, with helps from the CM and DM.
Avoiding danger situation in the flank.
•One of the CM drop between both CB in front of cross situations.
•One STC drop his position helping in defensive work (in the second picture Okazaki drop his
position until to be between defenders line and midfielders line. Vardy keeps forward his
position looking for DEF-ATK transition.

19. Defensive Transition Phase
•The LEI defensive reorganization is based on intense reorganization, dropping
their position close to half line.
•Both CM has an important role during defensive transition phase. Being in
charge to avoid the fast opponent progression, and letting to their teammates
to drop their positions.
•A weakness during the LEI defensive reorganization is the space between the
CM and the attacking players, and the big space in the flanks. Opponent
making a quick switch the play overcomes easy the CM line.
Defensive Reorganization:
Defensive Counter Attack:
•In defensive counter attack situation, LEI looks for avoid the opponent
progression and early ball recovery with certain tactical anarchy.
•This is a clear example where LEI is in a defensive counter attack player
where players are looking for steal the ball instead to disturb the
opponent progression and to drop their positions behind the ball

20. Defensive Corner Kick

21. Defensive Lateral Free Kick

22. Attacking Phase
•LIE uses a 1-4-4-2 formation in attacking phase.
•The attacking game model is fast transitions, looking for the opponent box with long balls
and quick crosses. LEI does not care the tempo with the ball.
•The possession in zone 1 is fast, looking for long ball to the strikes.
•Both CB keeps narrowed. They do not have an important role during the attacking phase,
being more focus on in a future ATK-DEF transition.
• The goalkeeper has a important phase during this phase. Schmeichel possesses a great
long ball ability. The majority of balls go to him to take advantage his long ball.
•RB and LB stay wide but without depth, keeping in the same line than the center backs.
The LB (Fuchs) tends to incorporate more in the attack.
•When the ball arrives to zone 4, LEI players looks for early crosses, and shot when
the opportunity arises instead of waiting for more clear opportunity.
•In cross situations, both Strikes move inside the box looking for finishing, the wing
from the the opposite flank move to the box looking for finishing after cross, and the
LB tend to incorporate to the attack (Fuchs). Great cross ability, being danger in zone
4.
•Both CM keeps their positions making surveillance, and waiting for ATK-DEF
transition.
•When the ball arrives to zone 3, the LEI play continue being fast, looking for arrive to the
opponent box quickly.
•LEI gather players in the long ball destination.
• The wings keeps wide. One of the Strikes moves wide.
•The center midfielders moves to the ball active side.
•Thus LEI gets to gather players in one of the flank for the long ball, and for the
second ball. Rapid progress in the opponent field and looking for opponent
disorganization.
2-Creation of Play:
3-Finishing:
1-Build Up from the Back:

23. Attacking Transition Phase
•When LEI recovers the ball in its half. Look for fast progression looking for
counter attack situation, without care the tempo with the ball.
•Strikes make break uncheck to the space. Forcing at the opponent defenders
line to drop their positions, and letting spaces for the teammates with the ball.
•The LM and the RM has a important role in the transition. Normally they are
the players who start the transition with fast dribble or break uncheck to the
space in the defenders line back. Both CM keeps their position in the middle
making surveillance and waiting for a ATK-DEF transitions in case of loss ball.
•When LEI recovers the ball in its half. Look for fast progression looking for
counter attack situation. One of the STC make support uncheck to receive the
ball while the another(Vardy) and LM/RM make break uncheck to the space
behind the opponent defenders line.
Attacking Reorganization:

24. Attacking Goal Kick

25. Distan Free Kick

26. Attacking Corner Kick

27. Attacking Distant Free Kick

28. Attacking Lateral Free Kick

29. PRESCRIPTIVE PART

30. Strong Points

31. Weak Points

32. Probable Line Up
Vs Chelsea