Leicester vs Brighton

13 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • James Maddison 27’, 44’
  • Jamie Vardy 41’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Brighton. Leicester led 3-0 at half-time.

James Maddison put Leicester ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy, Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 in the 41st minute, set up by James Justin, and Maddison made it 3-0 in the 44th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brighton's 0.79 from 12.

Match stats

Leicester Brighton
15 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.64 xG 0.79
1.64 Non-penalty xG 0.79
11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Brighton
Kick-off
James Maddison
Assist: Jamie Vardy1-0 (Leicester)
27’
Jamie Vardy
Assist: James Justin2-0 (Leicester)
41’
James Maddison
Assist: Jamie Vardy3-0 (Leicester)
44’
Half-time3-0
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Christian Fuchs
  • Jonny Evans
Brighton
  • Dan Burn

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 1.64 0.79 27’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-0 27’ 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 41’ 44’ James Maddison (Leicester), 3-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.64 0.79 27’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-0 Maddison 27’ 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 Vardy 41’ 44’ James Maddison (Leicester), 3-0 Maddison 44’
Leicester 1.64 xGBrighton 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Leicester attacking 
41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 26’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 58’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 6’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 23’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 30’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 17’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 61’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 2’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ James Maddison (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Solly March (Brighton), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Solly March (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 7’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 63’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 26’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 58’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 6’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 23’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 30’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 76’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 61’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 2’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ James Maddison (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Solly March (Brighton), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Solly March (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 7’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 63’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 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
Christian Fuchs DEF901 0.010.000
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton MID901 0.080.072
James Justin MID9010 0.000.624
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.010.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID832 0.110.000
James Maddison MID7826 0.360.081
Ayoze Pérez MID651 0.080.203
Jamie Vardy FWD90123 0.990.132
Harvey Barnes Sub250 0.000.061
Dennis Praet Sub120 0.000.000
Nampalys Mendy Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 47% Avg odds 2.04
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
Brighton win 26% Avg odds 3.70

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

Form going into the game

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Brighton LDWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 0-0 Brighton, 23 Jun 20 Next meeting: Brighton 1-2 Leicester, 06 Mar 21  All Leicester vs Brighton 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.