Leicester 2, Plymouth 0, Positives and Negatives, Player Ratings and Match Report, League One Fixture

Russell Martin made new changes to his team, playing a totally different forward line, Bristric, Alves and Howell up front. BDCR dropping down in midfield.

Playing Page and Braybrooke in midfield with the Jamaican international.

Leicester had to do a change very early on, replacing an injured Jacub Stolarczyk with Alex McCarthy.

Leicester was pushed back by Plymouth in the opening minutes, as they used their physique to try to build some sort of momentum.

But it started to click for Leicester seeing Braybrooke and Page commanding that midfield area.

A nice set up in the early stages of the half put BDCR on an open goal, but his attempt went wide. He looks totally out of balance BDCR as his movement and finishing ends up in nothing.

Leicester dominated the field play and out of nothing close to the first half finish, Alves decides to do something on his own and with a bit of luck scores from a deflected shot.

Then a few minutes later he is doing the same again, Howell is the one pushing the ball over the line after a deflection. Leicester are 2-0 up.

The first half is a positive one, but it looks fragile and combinations look out of drill with junior errors done in crucial areas of the field. Certain players are not coping with the ideas yet, and sometimes the passing from the back is horrendous.

The positives of the first half we thought would be taken into the second, but as soon as the ref had blown his whistle, Plymouth took control.

Then after 52 minutes we are baffled again by Russell Martin who decides to bring on Wes Burns and Liam Cullen. Taking off Howell and Bristric.

Russell Martin took a gamble, but both Cullen and Burns did a job but not able to show the ability we are all looking for. Cullen played BDCR through as he could have given Leicester a 3-0 lead, but again missing his opportunity.

Towards the end Leicester almost lost it, but magnificant saves from McCarthy and brilliant clearances from Harry Souttar made it possible to keep a clean sheet. Plymouth hitting the post.

A 2-0 win is brilliant. but still this looked very fragile and at times totally out of control. All the strange passes in the back is not done with the correct perfection, so today must say this is a project in a strange progress, but luckily it all ended well.

Positives

Scoring two goals and winning
Will Alves having the edge to win Leicester the game
Harry Souttar playing fantastic with great presence, cleaning out the dishes
Braybrooke and Page teaming up in midfield, both showing class and loves that duo
Alex McCarthy making some wild saves, keeping a clean sheet, him and Souttar saving the three points by themselves

Negatives

BDCR missing three clear goal chsnces
Too many errors leading to danger, luckily Harry Souttar sorted out the mess
Trying to play second half without a proper striker, taking off Bristric, it almost lost Leicester the game
Liam Cullen and Wes Burns needs a clear reality check, they are not contributing as they should, both players of a much higher standard, but look disorientated and not part of this team, the same with BDCR, as movement and passes looks all wrong, improvement must be seen, if not, their contribution is far from what is needed
The back pass from the forward line is sickening. You need to take on your opponent and challenge all the time, not stop abd pass backwards. The runs from the midfield area and full backs are either giving options as players are to defensive
If Leicester have an ambition to get promoted, they need to lift their performance to a much higher level, especially at home

Line Up:
Stolarczyk, Joseph 6, Thomas 5, McFarlane 6, Souttar 8, Page 8, Braybrooke 8, Reid 5, Howell 5, Alves 8, Subs: McCarthy 9, Cullen, Burns, Watson, Aluko