Leicester vs Arsenal

15 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mikel Merino 81’, 87’

Match summary

Arsenal took a 2-0 win at Leicester. It was goalless at half-time.

Mikel Merino put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 81st minute, set up by Ethan Nwaneri and Merino made it 0-2 in the 87th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.75 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Leicester's 0.23 from 6.

Match stats

Leicester Arsenal
6 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.23 xG 1.75
0.23 Non-penalty xG 1.75
3 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Leicester Arsenal
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
81’
Mikel Merino
Assist: Ethan Nwaneri0-1 (Arsenal)
87’
Mikel Merino
Assist: Leandro Trossard0-2 (Arsenal)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Bilal El Khannouss
  • Jordan Ayew
Arsenal
  • Jorginho

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 1.75 81’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), 0-1 81’ 87’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), 0-2 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.23 1.75 81’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), 0-1 Merino 81’ 87’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), 0-2 Merino 87’
Leicester 0.23 xGArsenal 1.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Leicester attacking 
87’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 81’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 9’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 61’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.17 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 16’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+5’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 35’ Raheem Sterling (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 81’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 9’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 61’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.17 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 16’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mads Hermansen GK900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF420 0.000.000
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Caleb Okoli DEF900 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen DEF900 0.000.041
Boubakary Soumare MID900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID892 0.100.000
Bobby Reid MID891 0.020.000
Bilal El Khannouss MID901 0.050.072
Jordan Ayew MID790 0.000.000
Jamie Vardy FWD900 0.000.051
Woyo Coulibaly Sub480 0.000.000
Stephy Mavididi Sub111 0.040.000
Facundo Buonanotte Sub11 0.030.000
Patson Daka Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 9% Avg odds 10.10
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.41
Arsenal win 73% Avg odds 1.32

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LLLWL
Arsenal DWDWW

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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.