Arsenal vs Leicester

25 October 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jamie Vardy 80’

Match summary

Leicester beat Arsenal 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Cengiz Ünder.

There was little between the sides on chances: Arsenal created 0.75 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Leicester 0.74 from 6.

Match stats

Arsenal Leicester
12 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0.74 xG 0.74
0.74 Non-penalty xG 0.74
5 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Leicester
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
80’
Jamie Vardy
Assist: Cengiz Ünder0-1 (Leicester)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Granit Xhaka
  • Héctor Bellerín
  • Alexandre Lacazette
Leicester
  • Christian Fuchs
  • Wesley Fofana
  • Jonny Evans
  • Youri Tielemans
  • James Maddison

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 0.74 80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 0-1 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 0.74 80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 0-1 Vardy 80’
Arsenal 0.75 xGLeicester 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Arsenal attacking 
80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 90+2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 22’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 13’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 13’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 68’ Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 9’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 90+2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 22’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 13’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 13’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 68’ Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 9’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF902 0.170.000
Granit Xhaka DEF901 0.060.000
David Luiz DEF510 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín MID901 0.060.000
Kieran Tierney MID830 0.000.192
Thomas Partey MID900 0.000.031
Dani Ceballos MID900 0.000.163
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD902 0.120.061
Alexandre Lacazette FWD902 0.140.082
Bukayo Saka FWD674 0.190.081
Shkodran Mustafi Sub390 0.000.000
Nicolas Pepe Sub230 0.000.000
Eddie Nketiah Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 49% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Leicester win 24% Avg odds 4.07

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal WWLWL
Leicester WWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Arsenal 1-1 Leicester, 07 Jul 20 Next meeting: Leicester 1-3 Arsenal, 28 Feb 21  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.