lnkstern

Following my pattern... 53 points has been enough to avoid relegation in all Championship seasons. We have 36/53, 68% of the required points. 93 points has been enough to gain automatic promotion to the Premier League. We have 36/93, 39% of the required points. I keep harping on the fact that we have a nice points cushion so we can survive the inevitable bad patch (probably during the Christmas/New Years season).

Gilt-edged chance for Sunderland put over the bar from eight yards away. Whew!

Naah. Picture-perfect cross to Vardy for a wondergoal.

TBH, I can't really claim that I know the exact rules covering this scenario. I just remember announcers blathering on about "foul started outside the box" in the past. No idea if they even knew the rules.

The foul started well outside the penalty area. No penalty.

Definitely want to see Enzo use all five subs in the second half. Bring on the fresh legs and have them on toast.

Great save by Mads on a obscured and deflected shot!

Both teams have turned up! Scrapping for every ball, moving forward with purpose. Nice to see! But like @Simonb said, I expect they will tire before us.

Justin did a really nice job of moving into open space and losing his original defender. The defender who ended up nearest to him appeared to not realize James was there until it was too late.

Nice to see Sunderland playing actual football, across the entire pitch! If nothing else, this match should be entertaining.

Yeah, "more than beatable" is a stretch. However, every team is beatable; just for some, the likelihood is quite low. But we all know how the script might go in the worst-case scenario. We get sixteen shots, seven on goal, but their keeper has a blinder. They take a corner, the clearance bounces right to a midfielder 20 yards out, he buries the ball in the upper right corner. 0-1, despite all the shots and 64% possession. This is NOT a prediction. But it is likely to happen at some point. I am still confident we will win today.

I never intended to bash Vestergaard -- he has played superbly in the new system. I was indirectly referencing what you explicitly stated above, "a structural fault of the way we play, but it's by design". It just makes me nervous seeing only the keeper in the entirety of Leicester's half of the field. I expect we won't push the central defenders anywhere near as far up for this match, given that Sunderland probably won't be parking the bus. Conversely, there will likely be lots of space for our counterattacks. Of course it is fairly obvious that I am not a expert football tactician. However, I do like winning, and I am happy that we keep doing it.