Aston Villa vs Leicester

5 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo 17’, 54’

Harvey Barnes 14’

Match summary

Aston Villa came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Leicester. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Harvey Barnes put Leicester ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Patson Daka, Ezri Konsa Ngoyo equalised in the 17th minute, set up by Emiliano Buendía, and Ngoyo won it with a header in the 54th minute, set up by John McGinn.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.85 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Leicester's 0.98 from 12.

Match stats

13 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.85 xG 0.98

1.85 Non-penalty xG 0.98

7 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Aston Villa Leicester

Kick-off

14’

Harvey Barnes
Assist: Patson Daka

0-1

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
Assist: Emiliano Buendía

1-1

17’

Half-time1-1

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
Assist: John McGinn

2-1

54’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Marvelous Nakamba

Leicester

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.

Aston Villa 1.85 xGLeicester 0.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Aston Villa 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
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			3	0.24	0.16	2
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90	2		2	0.19	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			2	0.10	0.00	0
Marvelous Nakamba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
John McGinn	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.85	3
Douglas Luiz	MID	80			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	FWD	87			2	0.49	0.42	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90			2	0.76	0.10	2
Emiliano Buendía	FWD	81		1	1	0.05	0.11	1
Morgan Sanson	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carney Chukwuemeka	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.06	1
Axel Tuanzebe	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Luke Thomas	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.36	1
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	89			2	0.41	0.05	1
Ademola Lookman	MID	68			0	0.00	0.06	1
James Maddison	MID	90			4	0.26	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	90	1		2	0.15	0.03	1
Patson Daka	FWD	81		1	2	0.10	0.21	3
Jamie Vardy	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	9			1	0.02	0.00	0
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 43% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43

Leicester win 29% Avg odds 3.27

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L L W W L

Leicester L D L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester, 21 Feb 21 Next meeting: Leicester 0-0 Aston Villa, 23 Apr 22 All Aston Villa 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.