Leicester vs Brentford

20 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Darren England

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Timothy Castagne 20’
  • James Maddison 33’
  • Yoane Wissa 85’

Match summary

Leicester saw off Brentford 2-1. Leicester led 2-0 at half-time.

Timothy Castagne put Leicester ahead in the 20th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, James Maddison made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 33rd minute, and Yoane Wissa pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Bryan Mbeumo.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 1.73 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Leicester's 1.28 from 12.

Match stats

Leicester Brentford
12 Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.28 xG 1.72
1.28 Non-penalty xG 1.72
6 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Leicester Brentford
Kick-off
Timothy Castagne
Assist: Harvey Barnes1-0 (Leicester)
20’
James Maddison2-0 (Leicester)
33’
Half-time2-0
85’
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Bryan Mbeumo2-1 (Brentford)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Brentford
  • Ethan Pinnock
  • Christian Nørgaard

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 1.28 1.73 20’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), 1-0 20’ 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), 2-0 33’ 85’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 2-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.28 1.73 20’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), 1-0 Castagne 20’ 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), 2-0 Maddison 33’ 85’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 2-1 Wissa 85’
Leicester 1.28 xGBrentford 1.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Leicester attacking 
60’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 55’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 53’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 72’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 90’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.26 xG, off target 60’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 23’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 54’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, goal 48’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 85’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 87’ Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 5’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 88’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 55’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 53’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 72’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 90’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.26 xG, off target 60’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 23’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 54’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, goal 59’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 39’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 85’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 63’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 5’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF903 0.420.311
Daniel Amartey DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF6511 0.030.000
Youri Tielemans MID900 0.000.000
Nampalys Mendy MID900 0.000.000
James Maddison MID9013 0.130.584
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID801 0.060.081
Harvey Barnes MID9011 0.260.031
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD873 0.380.052
Jonny Evans Sub250 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare Sub100 0.000.000
Patson Daka Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 45% Avg odds 2.14
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.40
Brentford win 27% Avg odds 3.59

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

Form going into the game

Leicester DLWWL
Brentford DLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 1-2 Leicester, 24 Oct 21 Next meeting: Leicester 2-2 Brentford, 07 Aug 22  All Leicester vs Brentford 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.