Everton vs Leicester

1 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Darren Bond

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Abdoulaye Doucouré 1’
  • Beto 6’, 45+2’
  • Iliman Ndiaye 90’

Match summary

Everton won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Leicester. Everton led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Abdoulaye Doucouré put Everton ahead in the first minute, set up by Jordan Pickford, Beto made it 2-0 in the 6th minute, set up by James Tarkowski, and Beto made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by James Garner. In the second half, Iliman Ndiaye made it 4-0 in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Everton created 3.11 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Leicester's 0.45 from 9.

Match stats

Everton Leicester
13 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.11 xG 0.45
3.11 Non-penalty xG 0.45
14 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Everton Leicester
Kick-off
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Assist: Jordan Pickford1-0 (Everton)
1’
Beto
Assist: James Tarkowski2-0 (Everton)
6’
Beto
Assist: James Garner3-0 (Everton)
45+2’
Half-time3-0
Iliman Ndiaye4-0 (Everton)
90’
Full-time4-0

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.11 0.45 1’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), 1-0 1’ 6’ Beto (Everton), 2-0 6’ 45+2’ Beto (Everton), 3-0 45+2’ 90’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), 4-0 90’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.11 0.45 1’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), 1-0 Doucouré 1’ 6’ Beto (Everton), 2-0 Beto 6’ 45+2’ Beto (Everton), 3-0 Beto 45+2’ 90’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), 4-0 Ndiaye 90’
Everton 3.11 xGLeicester 0.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Everton attacking 
45’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 90’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 74’ Jesper Lindstrom (Everton), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 6’ Beto (Everton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 1’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.24 xG, goal 47’ Beto (Everton), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 78’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 39’ James Garner (Everton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 75’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Victor Kristiansen (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 73’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 60’ Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 90’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 74’ Jesper Lindstrom (Everton), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 6’ Beto (Everton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 1’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.24 xG, goal 47’ Beto (Everton), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 78’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ James Garner (Everton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 25’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Victor Kristiansen (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 73’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK9010 0.000.241
Jake O'Brien DEF900 0.000.000
James Tarkowski DEF9011 0.030.321
Jarrad Branthwaite DEF901 0.520.000
Vitalii Mykolenko DEF900 0.000.601
Idrissa Gueye MID901 0.020.081
James Garner MID8811 0.090.733
Jesper Lindstrom MID811 0.430.000
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID9013 0.910.452
Iliman Ndiaye MID9012 0.590.162
Beto FWD9022 0.500.000
Ashley Young Sub90 0.000.000
Tim Iroegbunam Sub20 0.000.000
Jack Harrison Sub11 0.030.000
Nathan Patterson Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 49% Avg odds 1.95
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35
Leicester win 22% Avg odds 4.33

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

Form going into the game

Everton LLLWW
Leicester LLLLW

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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.