Brighton vs Leicester

4 September 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Tony Harrington

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Luke Thomas 10’ (og)
Moisés Caicedo 15’
Leandro Trossard 64’
Alexis Mac Allister 71’ (pen), 90+7’

Kelechi Iheanacho 1’
Patson Daka 33’

Match summary

Brighton came from behind to win 5-2 at home to Leicester. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester ahead in the first minute, set up by Patson Daka, Thomas's own goal equalised in the 10th minute, Moisés Caicedo put Brighton in front in the 15th minute, set up by Enock Mwepu, and Patson Daka equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Youri Tielemans. In the second half, Leandro Trossard put Brighton back in front in the 64th minute, set up by Pascal Groß, Alexis Mac Allister made it 4-2 from the penalty spot in the 71st minute, and Mac Allister made it 5-2 with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 2.73 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Leicester's 1.07 from 6.

Match stats

23 Shots 6

11 Shots on Target 4

10 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.73 xG 1.07

1.97 Non-penalty xG 1.07

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Brighton Leicester

Kick-off

1’

Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Patson Daka

0-1

Luke Thomas
Own goal

1-1

10’

Moisés Caicedo
Assist: Enock Mwepu

2-1

15’

33’

Patson Daka
Assist: Youri Tielemans

2-2

Half-time2-2

Leandro Trossard
Assist: Pascal Groß

3-2

64’

Alexis Mac Allister
Penalty

4-2

71’

Alexis Mac Allister

5-2

90+7’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Brighton

Alexis Mac Allister

Leicester

Luke Thomas

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.

Brighton 2.73 xGLeicester 1.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Brighton 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
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Adam Webster	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Solly March	MID	90			6	0.63	0.03	1
Leandro Trossard	MID	90	1		1	0.37	0.23	4
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90	2		4	0.91	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90	1		3	0.38	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	90		1	2	0.04	0.86	5
Danny Welbeck	FWD	90			4	0.29	0.00	0
Enock Mwepu	FWD	87		1	2	0.08	0.32	1
Deniz Undav	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.12	1
Estupiñán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Danny Ward	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Justin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Wilfred Ndidi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Thomas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	75		1	0	0.00	0.42	3
Boubakary Soumare	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	49			1	0.08	0.00	0
Patson Daka	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.38	0.51	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	75	1		2	0.61	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 50% Avg odds 1.91

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.58

Leicester win 23% Avg odds 4.26

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

Form going into the game

Brighton W D W W L

Leicester D L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 1-1 Brighton, 23 Jan 22 Next meeting: Leicester 2-2 Brighton, 21 Jan 23 All Brighton 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.