Arsenal vs Leicester

13 August 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Darren England

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Gabriel Jesus 23’, 35’
Granit Xhaka 55’
Gabriel Martinelli 75’

William Saliba 53’ (og)
James Maddison 74’

Match summary

Arsenal won 4-2 at home to Leicester. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Jesus put Arsenal ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Granit Xhaka and Jesus made it 2-0 with a header in the 35th minute. In the second half, Saliba's own goal pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 53rd minute, Granit Xhaka made it 3-1 in the 55th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, James Maddison made it 3-2 in the 74th minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho, and Gabriel Martinelli made it 4-2 in the 75th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.07 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Leicester's 0.69 from 6.

Match stats

19 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.01 xG 0.69

3.01 Non-penalty xG 0.69

10 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Arsenal Leicester

Kick-off

Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Granit Xhaka

1-0

23’

Gabriel Jesus

2-0

35’

Half-time2-0

53’

William Saliba
Own goal

2-1

Granit Xhaka
Assist: Gabriel Jesus

3-1

55’

74’

James Maddison
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

3-2

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Gabriel Jesus

4-2

75’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Leicester

Wesley Fofana

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 3.07 xGLeicester 0.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	81			2	0.07	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			3	0.23	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1	1	2	0.62	0.09	2
Bukayo Saka	MID	88			1	0.08	0.31	3
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			1	0.05	0.07	1
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.57	4
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	88	2	2	7	1.86	0.58	3
Takehiro Tomiyasu	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	2			1	0.07	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.07	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Danny Ward	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Fofana	DEF	90			1	0.42	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Justin	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90	1		2	0.13	0.04	1
Jamie Vardy	FWD	74			0	0.00	0.42	1
Dennis Praet	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patson Daka	Sub	23			1	0.08	0.00	0
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	16		1	1	0.04	0.21	3

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 62% Avg odds 1.57

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.40

Leicester win 16% Avg odds 5.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W L L W W

Leicester W W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-0 Leicester, 13 Mar 22 Next meeting: Leicester 0-1 Arsenal, 25 Feb 23 All Arsenal vs Leicester meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.