Today (Sunday, October 19) I’d like to examine the Leicester City squad and how it performed against Portsmouth over the weekend. Sadly, Pompey managed to leave the King Power Stadium with a share of the spoils.
Nevertheless, I strongly feel that Marti Cifuentes’ Foxes side should have prevented that outcome. The Leicester outfit produced enough promising passages of play throughout the match and, on paper, possess a superior squad overall. For that reason, all three points ought to have remained on Filbert Way.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the reality; a 1-1 result proved rather underwhelming in truth. As our contributor Professor Robert Garner highlighted, five Championship draws in six games is an alarming trend for the Catalan tactician. You can read his full match analysis (key takeaways) by clicking here.
Alongside that excellent breakdown, another Foxes of Leicester writer, Elliot Mackness, penned a separate piece on the standout LCFC performers during John Mousinho’s side’s visit.
However, I’d like to shift focus—though as a Leicester supporter, I’d much prefer there were no poor displays at all—and reflect on the underperformers from that anticlimactic Portsmouth clash. Several Foxes fell short of expectations, by most accounts.
We’ll reference the Leicester Mercury to pinpoint which of City’s players specifically failed to impress in the contest with the south-coast club; three of them, in fact, received shockingly low ratings of 4.
Which Leicester City players underachieved against Portsmouth with scores of 4?
Let’s get straight to it and talk about the players who didn’t deliver. To begin with, Leicester’s starboy Jeremy Monga endured another frustrating evening. He only earned a modest score of 5.
“Jordan Ayew: There was a bad touch late on, where he let the ball roll under his foot, that summed up his evening. A shot just wide was his best moment. 4”
In fact, Monga received the lowest evaluation among the starting eleven. Julian Carranza was rated slightly higher with a 6. Meanwhile, substitutes Patson Daka, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, and Jordan Ayew were each handed ratings of 6 respectively.