Brighton vs Leicester

24 November 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Glenn Murray 15’
  • Jamie Vardy 79’ (pen)

Match summary

Brighton and Leicester shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead with a header in the 15th minute, set up by Anthony Knockaert and Jamie Vardy equalised from the penalty spot in the 79th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 0.87 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Leicester 1.13 from 8. Leicester had a player sent off.

Match stats

Brighton Leicester
14 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0.86 xG 1.13
0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.36
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brighton Leicester
Kick-off
Glenn Murray
Assist: Anthony Knockaert1-0 (Brighton)
15’
Half-time1-0
79’
Jamie Vardy
Penalty1-1 (Leicester)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Bruno
  • Shane Duffy
  • José Izquierdo
Leicester
  • James Maddison
  • Wilfred Ndidi

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.87 1.13 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 1-0 15’ 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.87 1.13 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 1-0 Murray 15’ 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-1 Vardy 79’
Brighton 0.87 xGLeicester 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Brighton attacking 
79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 14’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 76’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 56’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 12’ Beram Kayal (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 85’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 63’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+4’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Beram Kayal (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Bruno (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 14’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 76’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 56’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 12’ Beram Kayal (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 85’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 63’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Beram Kayal (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Bruno (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Bruno DEF901 0.020.000
Shane Duffy DEF902 0.180.041
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Bernardo DEF900 0.000.111
Anthony Knockaert MID7612 0.190.081
Beram Kayal MID902 0.110.000
Davy Pröpper MID900 0.000.062
José Izquierdo MID904 0.200.122
Pascal Groß MID850 0.000.132
Glenn Murray FWD9011 0.080.000
Solly March Sub142 0.080.071
Florin Andone Sub50 0.000.000
Jürgen Locadia Sub10 0.000.072

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 34% Bet365 odds 2.90
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.40
Leicester win 37% Bet365 odds 2.60

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton WWWLL
Leicester LLDWD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Leicester 2-1 Brighton, 26 Feb 19  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.