Fulham vs Leicester

8 May 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 3–0

Willian 10’, 70’
Carlos Vinicius 18’
Tom Cairney 44’, 51’

Harvey Barnes 59’, 89’
James Maddison 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Fulham won 5-3 at home to Leicester. Fulham led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Willian put Fulham ahead with a direct free kick in the 10th minute, Carlos Vinicius made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, set up by Harry Wilson, and Tom Cairney made it 3-0 in the 44th minute, set up by Carlos Vinicius. In the second half, Cairney made it 4-0 in the 51st minute, set up by Kenny Tete, Harvey Barnes pulled one back to make it 4-1 in the 59th minute, set up by James Maddison, Willian made it 5-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Harrison Reed, James Maddison made it 5-2 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute, and Barnes made it 5-3 in the 89th minute, set up by Patson Daka.

Leicester can feel hard done by, creating 3.20 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Fulham's 1.76 from 17. Jamie Vardy had a penalty saved for Leicester.

Match stats

17 Shots 18

7 Shots on Target 9

2 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.75 xG 2.93

1.75 Non-penalty xG 1.32

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Fulham Leicester

Kick-off

Willian

1-0

10’

Carlos Vinicius
Assist: Harry Wilson

2-0

18’

Tom Cairney
Assist: Carlos Vinicius

3-0

44’

Half-time3-0

Tom Cairney
Assist: Kenny Tete

4-0

51’

59’

Harvey Barnes
Assist: James Maddison

4-1

Willian
Assist: Harrison Reed

5-1

70’

81’

James Maddison
Penalty

5-2

89’

Harvey Barnes
Assist: Patson Daka

5-3

Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Leicester

Boubakary Soumare
James Maddison
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.

Fulham 1.76 xGLeicester 3.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Fulham 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
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kenny Tete	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.48	2
Tosin Adarabioyo	DEF	90			3	0.18	0.02	1
Issa Diop	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonee Robinson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
João Palhinha	MID	90			1	0.11	0.05	1
Harrison Reed	MID	78		1	2	0.55	0.04	1
Harry Wilson	MID	83		1	0	0.00	0.26	3
Tom Cairney	MID	83	2		3	0.57	0.00	0
Willian	MID	83	2		3	0.10	0.64	3
Carlos Vinicius	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.20	0.10	1
Shane Duffy	Sub	12			1	0.02	0.00	0
Sasa Lukic	Sub	12			1	0.02	0.00	0
Neeskens Kebano	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.10	2
Manor Solomon	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bobby Reid	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Daniel Iversen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Wout Faes	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Kristiansen	DEF	77			0	0.00	0.03	1
Boubakary Soumare	MID	77			0	0.00	0.02	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	61			3	0.06	0.09	2
Dennis Praet	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90	1	1	6	1.31	0.47	5
Harvey Barnes	MID	90	2		3	0.79	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	77			3	0.88	0.00	0
Tetê	Sub	43			1	0.08	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patson Daka	Sub	13		1	0	0.00	0.48	1
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Thomas	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fulham win 36% Avg odds 2.68

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35

Leicester win 35% Avg odds 2.71

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

Form going into the game

Fulham W W L L L

Leicester L L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 0-1 Fulham, 03 Jan 23 Next meeting: Fulham 2-1 Leicester, 24 Aug 24 All Fulham 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.