Ndidi Joins Man United, Man City, Aston Villa, Everton Stars In League Cup Best XI Quarterfinals
Published: December 20, 2019Whoscored has published the Team of the Round for the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup and Wilfred Ndidi's display against Everton has been recognized by the football statistics website.
Making his 19th appearance of the 2019-2020 campaign in all competitions, the Foxes number 25 had a stellar performance, helping Brendan Rodgers side reach the semifinals of the competition.
The Team of the Round is dominated by Aston Villa, with as many as six of their players making the cut after beating an under-strength Liverpool team 5-0 at Villa Park.
Manchester United have contributed two players while Leicester City, Everton and Manchester City have one player each.
In a 4-3-3 formation, Ndidi was joined in a three-man midfield by Villa pairĀ Conor Hourihane and Douglas Luiz.
Cancelo (Man City), Maguire (Man Utd), Chester (Aston Villa) and Baines (Everton) earned spots in defence; Jota (Aston Villa), Rashford (Man Utd) and Kodjia (Aston Villa) were selected in attack and Villa's Nyland was in between the pipes.
Of the eleven players named to the Team of the Quarterfinals, Ndidi (8.15) ranked higher than five players.
Looking at the players statistics in the match between Leicester and Everton, the Super Eagles star recorded game-high figures for tackles (6) and interceptions (8), won five aerial duels, completed two take-ons and had a passing accuracy of 80.5 percent.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Making his 19th appearance of the 2019-2020 campaign in all competitions, the Foxes number 25 had a stellar performance, helping Brendan Rodgers side reach the semifinals of the competition.
The Team of the Round is dominated by Aston Villa, with as many as six of their players making the cut after beating an under-strength Liverpool team 5-0 at Villa Park.
Manchester United have contributed two players while Leicester City, Everton and Manchester City have one player each.
In a 4-3-3 formation, Ndidi was joined in a three-man midfield by Villa pairĀ Conor Hourihane and Douglas Luiz.
Cancelo (Man City), Maguire (Man Utd), Chester (Aston Villa) and Baines (Everton) earned spots in defence; Jota (Aston Villa), Rashford (Man Utd) and Kodjia (Aston Villa) were selected in attack and Villa's Nyland was in between the pipes.
Of the eleven players named to the Team of the Quarterfinals, Ndidi (8.15) ranked higher than five players.
Looking at the players statistics in the match between Leicester and Everton, the Super Eagles star recorded game-high figures for tackles (6) and interceptions (8), won five aerial duels, completed two take-ons and had a passing accuracy of 80.5 percent.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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