Blackburn vs Leicester

1 October 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Linington

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Sammie Szmodics 9’

Wout Faes 4’
Jamie Vardy 28’
Kelechi Iheanacho 82’ (pen)
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 88’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Wout Faes put Leicester ahead with a header in the 4th minute, Sammie Szmodics equalised in the 9th minute, and Jamie Vardy put Leicester back in front in the 28th minute. In the second half, Kelechi Iheanacho made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall made it 1-4 in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Blackburn's 1.43 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 11

4 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.43 xG 1.80

1.43 Non-penalty xG 1.01

Key events

Blackburn Leicester

Kick-off

4’

Wout Faes

0-1

Sammie Szmodics

1-1

9’

28’

Jamie Vardy

1-2

Half-time1-2

82’

Kelechi Iheanacho
Penalty

1-3

88’

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Blackburn

Hayden Carter
Adam Wharton

Leicester

Jannik Vestergaard
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Stephy Mavididi

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.

Blackburn 1.43 xGLeicester 1.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Blackburn attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Aynsley Pears Taken off	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Brittain	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hayden Carter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Hyam	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Pickering Taken off	87′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Travis	90′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Adam Wharton Taken off	83′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dilan Markanday Taken off	83′	–	–	3	0.12	–	–	–
Andrew Moran	90′	–	–	3	0.25	–	–	–
Arnór Sigurðsson Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sammie Szmodics	90′	1	–	7	0.87	–	–	–
Tyrhys Dolan Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Leopold Wahlstedt Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sondre Tronstad Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Semir Telalović Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rankin-Costello Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–

Players16 players


Mads Hermansen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ricardo Pereira Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wout Faes	90′	1	–	1	0.19	–	–	–
Jannik Vestergaard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Justin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wilfred Ndidi	90′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Harry Winks	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	90′	1	–	3	0.45	–	–	–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Taken off	58′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–
Jamie Vardy Taken off	76′	1	–	2	0.09	–	–	–
Stephy Mavididi Taken off	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kasey McAteer Came on as a substituteTaken off	32′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yunus Akgün Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Hamza Choudhury Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cesare Casadei Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Kelechi Iheanacho Came on as a substitute	14′	1	–	1	0.79	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Blackburn win 27% Avg odds 3.56

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.88

Leicester win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

Blackburn W L W L L

Leicester W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Leicester 0-2 Blackburn, 04 May 24 All Blackburn vs Leicester meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.