Aston Villa vs Leicester

8 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Jack Grealish 45+2’

Jamie Vardy 21’, 75’
Kelechi Iheanacho 41’
Jonny Evans 49’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 4-1 away at Aston Villa. Leicester led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho, Kelechi Iheanacho made it 0-2 in the 41st minute, and Jack Grealish pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in first-half stoppage time, set up by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo. In the second half, Jonny Evans made it 1-3 with a header in the 49th minute, set up by James Maddison and Vardy made it 1-4 in the 75th minute, set up by Dennis Praet.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 4.10 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Aston Villa's 1.24 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 23

2 Shots on Target 8

8 Corners 5

6 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.24 xG 4.03

1.24 Non-penalty xG 4.03

12 Deep Completions 17

Key events

Aston Villa Leicester

Kick-off

21’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

0-1

41’

Kelechi Iheanacho

0-2

Jack Grealish
Assist: Ezri Konsa Ngoyo

1-2

45+2’

Half-time1-2

49’

Jonny Evans
Assist: James Maddison

1-3

75’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Dennis Praet

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Tyrone Mings
Matt Targett
Marvelous Nakamba
John McGinn
Jack Grealish
Wesley

Leicester

Ricardo Pereira
Kelechi Iheanacho

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 1.24 xGLeicester 4.10 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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tom Heaton	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.12	2
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	81			0	0.00	0.70	3
Marvelous Nakamba	MID	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	90			5	0.78	0.05	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			1	0.01	0.05	1
Jack Grealish	MID	90	1		2	0.09	0.13	3
Wesley	FWD	90			1	0.10	0.12	2
Björn Engels	Sub	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trézéguet	Sub	28			2	0.16	0.00	0
Frederic Guilbert	Sub	9			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
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.55	2
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			2	0.22	0.16	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90	1		4	0.34	0.00	0
Ben Chilwell	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.18	2
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			2	0.14	0.10	2
Dennis Praet	MID	79		1	0	0.00	0.47	1
James Maddison	MID	90		1	3	0.29	0.46	5
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	2		4	1.63	0.17	2
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	67	1	1	4	0.30	1.20	4
Harvey Barnes	Sub	23			3	1.06	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.48	1
James Justin	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 20% Avg odds 4.84

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16

Leicester win 57% Avg odds 1.69

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L L W D L

Leicester W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.