Leicester vs Aston Villa

18 October 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ross Barkley 90+1’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 1-0 away at Leicester, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Ross Barkley put Aston Villa ahead in stoppage time, set up by John McGinn.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 0.67 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Aston Villa 0.87 from 10.

Match stats

Leicester Aston Villa
11 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 7
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.67 xG 0.87
0.67 Non-penalty xG 0.87
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Leicester Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
90+1’
Ross Barkley
Assist: John McGinn0-1 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Timothy Castagne
  • Jonny Evans
  • Ayoze Pérez
  • Youri Tielemans
Aston Villa
  • Matthew Cash
  • Douglas Luiz
  • John McGinn

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 0.87 90+1’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 0-1 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 0.87 90+1’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 0-1 Barkley 90+1’
Leicester 0.67 xGAston Villa 0.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Leicester attacking 
54’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 87’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 46’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 80’ Islam Slimani (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 26’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 80’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 69’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 53’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 87’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 46’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 80’ Islam Slimani (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 26’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 80’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 53’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF901 0.070.000
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF900 0.000.041
Nampalys Mendy MID800 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez MID903 0.200.122
Youri Tielemans MID902 0.070.000
Dennis Praet MID700 0.000.000
Harvey Barnes MID902 0.110.000
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD731 0.020.092
James Maddison Sub201 0.090.071
Islam Slimani Sub171 0.100.081
Hamza Choudhury Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 40% Avg odds 2.38
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57
Aston Villa win 33% Avg odds 2.93

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LWWWL
Aston Villa WDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 4-0 Aston Villa, 09 Mar 20 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester, 21 Feb 21  All Leicester vs Aston Villa 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.