Burnley vs Leicester

19 January 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Chris Wood 56’
  • Ashley Westwood 79’
  • Harvey Barnes 33’

Match summary

Burnley came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Leicester. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

Harvey Barnes put Leicester ahead in the 33rd minute, set up by Dennis Praet, Chris Wood equalised from a corner in the 56th minute, and Ashley Westwood won it in the 79th minute.

Leicester can feel hard done by, creating 2.38 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Burnley's 1.55 from 8. Jamie Vardy had a penalty saved for Leicester.

Match stats

Burnley Leicester
8 Shots 18
5 Shots on Target 8
4 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 2.33
1.51 Non-penalty xG 1.56
3 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Burnley Leicester
Kick-off
33’
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Dennis Praet0-1 (Leicester)
Half-time0-1
Chris Wood1-1 (Burnley)
56’
Ashley Westwood2-1 (Burnley)
79’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Burnley
  • Ben Mee

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 1.55 2.38 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 0-1 33’ 56’ Chris Wood (Burnley), 1-1 56’ 79’ Ashley Westwood (Burnley), 2-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 2.38 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 0-1 Barnes 33’ 56’ Chris Wood (Burnley), 1-1 Wood 56’ 79’ Ashley Westwood (Burnley), 2-1 Westwood 79’
Burnley 1.55 xGLeicester 2.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Burnley attacking 
56’ Chris Wood (Burnley), from a corner, 0.95 xG, goal 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 79’ Ashley Westwood (Burnley), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 47’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 66’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 60’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 46’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 1’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 76’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Ben Mee (Burnley), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 72’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Nampalys Mendy (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 56’ Chris Wood (Burnley), from a corner, 0.95 xG, goal 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 79’ Ashley Westwood (Burnley), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 47’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 66’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 46’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 14’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 1’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 76’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Ben Mee (Burnley), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 72’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 76’ Nampalys Mendy (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 32’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Nick Pope GK900 0.000.000
Phil Bardsley DEF900 0.000.000
Ben Mee DEF901 0.050.000
James Tarkowski DEF900 0.000.000
Charlie Taylor DEF900 0.000.072
Jeff Hendrick MID900 0.000.000
Jack Cork MID900 0.000.021
Ashley Westwood MID9011 0.400.000
Dwight McNeil MID901 0.050.051
Chris Wood FWD9014 1.050.000
Jay Rodriguez FWD901 0.010.000
Aaron Lennon Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 23% Avg odds 4.27
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68
Leicester win 51% Avg odds 1.87

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

Form going into the game

Burnley WLLLL
Leicester LLWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 2-1 Burnley, 19 Oct 19 Next meeting: Leicester 4-2 Burnley, 20 Sep 20  All Burnley 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.