Aston Villa vs Leicester

4 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ross Barkley 58’
  • Leon Bailey 76’
  • Stephy Mavididi 63’

Match summary

Aston Villa saw off Leicester 2-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Ross Barkley put Aston Villa ahead from a corner in the 58th minute, Stephy Mavididi equalised in the 63rd minute, and Leon Bailey won it in the 76th minute, set up by Ian Maatsen.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.35 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Leicester's 1.03 from 4.

Match stats

Aston Villa Leicester
13 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.35 xG 0.82
2.35 Non-penalty xG 0.82
9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Aston Villa Leicester
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Ross Barkley1-0 (Aston Villa)
58’
63’
Stephy Mavididi1-1 (Leicester)
Leon Bailey
Assist: Ian Maatsen
2-1 (Aston Villa)
76’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Boubakary Soumare

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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.35 1.03 58’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 1-0 58’ 63’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), 1-1 63’ 76’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), 2-1 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.35 1.03 58’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 1-0 Barkley 58’ 63’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), 1-1 Mavididi 63’ 76’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), 2-1 Bailey 76’
Aston Villa 2.35 xGLeicester 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Aston Villa attacking 
76’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 84’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.47 xG, blocked 63’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 87’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 51’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 79’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 34’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 84’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.47 xG, blocked 63’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 87’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 51’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 79’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 34’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF901 0.020.182
Tyrone Mings DEF900 0.000.000
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.000
Lucas Digne DEF791 0.020.000
Boubacar Kamara MID900 0.000.072
Ross Barkley MID7912 0.110.000
Leon Bailey MID9012 0.710.000
Youri Tielemans MID902 0.090.000
John McGinn MID180 0.000.000
Ollie Watkins FWD902 0.720.131
Jacob Ramsey Sub720 0.000.471
Emiliano Buendía Sub113 0.670.000
Ian Maatsen Sub1110 0.000.661

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 72% Avg odds 1.33
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.63
Leicester win 11% Avg odds 8.49

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

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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.