Leicester vs Aston Villa

9 March 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Harvey Barnes 40’, 85’
  • Jamie Vardy 63’ (pen), 79’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Aston Villa. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Harvey Barnes put Leicester ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Marc Albrighton. In the second half, Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, Vardy made it 3-0 in the 79th minute, and Barnes made it 4-0 in the 85th minute, set up by Marc Albrighton.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.41 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Aston Villa's 0.67 from 4.

Match stats

Leicester Aston Villa
15 Shots 4
7 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.41 xG 0.67
1.65 Non-penalty xG 0.67
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Leicester Aston Villa
Kick-off
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Marc Albrighton1-0 (Leicester)
40’
Half-time1-0
Jamie Vardy
Penalty2-0 (Leicester)
63’
Jamie Vardy3-0 (Leicester)
79’
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Marc Albrighton4-0 (Leicester)
85’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Jonny Evans
  • Dennis Praet
Aston Villa
  • Conor Hourihane

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.41 0.67 40’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-0 40’ 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 63’ 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 3-0 79’ 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 4-0 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.41 0.67 40’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-0 Barnes 40’ 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 Vardy 63’ 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 3-0 Vardy 79’ 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 4-0 Barnes 85’
Leicester 2.41 xGAston Villa 0.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Leicester attacking 
63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 8’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 40’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 32’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.30 xG, off target 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 6’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 47’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+3’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 15’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 10’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 78’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 8’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 40’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 32’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.30 xG, off target 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 6’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 47’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+3’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 15’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 10’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 78’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 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
Ricardo Pereira DEF900 0.000.322
Caglar Söyüncü DEF901 0.090.000
Jonny Evans DEF902 0.140.061
James Justin DEF900 0.000.121
Wilfred Ndidi MID840 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton MID9021 0.110.582
James Maddison MID902 0.120.233
Dennis Praet MID770 0.000.031
Harvey Barnes MID9024 0.670.021
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD602 0.420.000
Jamie Vardy Sub3022 0.840.000
Youri Tielemans Sub131 0.020.202
Nampalys Mendy Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 63% Avg odds 1.52
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.47
Aston Villa win 15% Avg odds 6.21

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WDDLL
Aston Villa DWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-4 Leicester, 08 Dec 19 Next meeting: Leicester 0-1 Aston Villa, 18 Oct 20  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.