Efl Championship 2023/24: Leicester City’s Dewsbury-hall Inspired Comeback Vs Coventry City – Tactical Analysis

EFL Football is back.

On the opening weekend of the 2023/24 season, many games were hit by horrible rainy conditions, with Colchester Uniteds tie against Swindon Town even being postponed.

It rained goals as well, with nine teams scoring three or more goals – Barnsley being the pick of that bunch thanks to their 7-0 win over Port Vale… sorry Vale fans!

The EFL Championship kicked off a day before the rest of the EFL as we saw two teams who are returning to the division face off in Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton.

One of the Saints fellow relegated sides, Leicester City, started life back in the division with three points.

The Foxes have Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to thank for this, as the midfielder netted both goals to bring his side from 1-0 down to win 2-1 against Coventry City.

This Leicester tactical analysis will provide an insight into the tactics of Leicester – how they approached things on and off the ball.

We will also take a look at how Coventry City FC approached their possession.

There will also be an analysis of Dewsbury-Halls increased impact in the latter stages of the game, as he was a key figure for Enzo Maresca.

Lineups

Hosts Leicester kicked off the Maresca era with a 4-3-3, with five debutants starting.

One of them was in goal – Mads Hermansen joined over the summer from Danish club Bröndby IF, and at just 23, he could be Leicesters man between the sticks for years to come.

Callum Doyle, another new signing, featured at left-back after joining on loan from Premier League champions Manchester City.

Ricardo Pereira started at right-back on the opposite side of the back four.

The experienced Janik Vestergaard was joined by Wout Faes in the heart of Leicesters defence.

Harry Winks was debutant number three, coming to make an extremely talented midfield trio with Dewsbury-Hall and Wilfred Ndidi.

While there was fluidity in terms of positions in the midfield, Winks was naturally the deeper of the three, allowing Dewsbury-Hall to have an attacking influence.

At the same time, Ndidi looked to be the aggressor in higher areas off the ball.

The front three featured a fourth debutant in Stephy Mavididi – the Englishman, who joined from French club Montpellier, played on the left wing, with a fifth debutant in academy product Kasey McAteer.

Premier League icon Jamie Vardy led the line.

2022/23 play-off finalists Coventry deployed a 3-5-2, with four starting debutants – plus another three from the bench.

Boss Mark Robins opted for Ben Wilson, with the back three ahead of him containing two of the new boys.

Veteran Kyle McFadzean had