Crystal Palace vs Leicester

3 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Michael Olise 61’
Jeffrey Schlupp 72’

Kelechi Iheanacho 31’
Jamie Vardy 37’

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Leicester shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Leicester led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester ahead in the 31st minute and Jamie Vardy made it 0-2 in the 37th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes. In the second half, Michael Olise pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 61st minute and Jeffrey Schlupp equalised with a header in the 72nd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.18 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, Leicester 1.04 from 9.

Match stats

18 Shots 9

4 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.17 xG 1.04

1.17 Non-penalty xG 1.04

13 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Crystal Palace Leicester

Kick-off

31’

Kelechi Iheanacho

0-1

37’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Harvey Barnes

0-2

Half-time0-2

Michael Olise

1-2

61’

Jeffrey Schlupp

2-2

72’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Joachim Andersen

Leicester

Ryan Bertrand
Youri Tielemans
Harvey Barnes

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.

Crystal Palace 1.18 xGLeicester 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Crystal Palace attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90		0	0.00	0.24	2
James McArthur	MID	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Conor Gallagher	MID	73		4	0.23	0.11	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	55		1	0.03	0.03	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	87		2	0.31	0.10	2
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90		3	0.12	0.20	3
Michael Olise	Sub	35	1	3	0.24	0.12	2
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	17	1	4	0.19	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ademola Lookman	MID	82			1	0.05	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			1	0.01	0.05	1
Hamza Choudhury	MID	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	90		1	2	0.17	0.35	1
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	1		3	0.46	0.00	0
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	73	1		1	0.30	0.17	2
Boubakary Soumare	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	Sub	17			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 34% Avg odds 2.82

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.25

Leicester win 36% Avg odds 2.64

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D D W L D

Leicester L W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace, 26 Apr 21 Next meeting: Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace, 10 Apr 22 All Crystal Palace 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.