Arsenal vs Leicester

13 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Thomas Partey 11’
Alexandre Lacazette 59’ (pen)

Match summary

Arsenal won 2-0 at home to Leicester. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

Thomas Partey put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli and Alexandre Lacazette made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 59th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.94 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Leicester's 0.55 from 6.

Match stats

21 Shots 6

8 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.94 xG 0.55

2.18 Non-penalty xG 0.55

9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Arsenal Leicester

Kick-off

Thomas Partey
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

1-0

11’

Half-time1-0

Alexandre Lacazette
Penalty

2-0

59’

Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester

Caglar Söyüncü
Kelechi Iheanacho
Patson Daka

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 2.94 xGLeicester 0.55 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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cédric Soares	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			2	0.18	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90	1		3	0.78	0.02	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			3	0.17	0.39	3
Bukayo Saka	MID	86			5	0.34	0.20	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			0	0.00	0.41	6
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	79		1	2	0.19	0.23	2
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	89	1		4	0.98	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	11			1	0.21	0.02	1
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	62	0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90	1	0.06	0.00	0
Luke Thomas	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	90	1	0.04	0.25	1
Nampalys Mendy	MID	62	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	MID	90	1	0.07	0.10	1
James Maddison	MID	90	0	0.00	0.13	2
Harvey Barnes	MID	90	2	0.35	0.00	0
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	75	1	0.03	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	Sub	28	0	0.00	0.03	1
James Justin	Sub	28	0	0.00	0.00	0
Patson Daka	Sub	15	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 67% Avg odds 1.43

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.90

Leicester win 13% Avg odds 7.49

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal D W W W W

Leicester L D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 0-2 Arsenal, 30 Oct 21 Next meeting: Arsenal 4-2 Leicester, 13 Aug 22 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.