Leicester vs Brighton

8 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Jamie Vardy 86’
  • Bobby Reid 90+1’
  • Tariq Lamptey 37’
  • Yankuba Minteh 79’

Match summary

Leicester and Brighton drew 2-2. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Tariq Lamptey put Brighton ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Estupiñán. In the second half, Yankuba Minteh made it 0-2 in the 79th minute, Jamie Vardy pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 86th minute, and Bobby Reid equalised in stoppage time, set up by Jamie Vardy.

Leicester had the better of the chances, with 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Brighton's 1.12 from 16.

Match stats

Leicester Brighton
10 Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.42 xG 1.12
1.42 Non-penalty xG 1.12
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Brighton
Kick-off
37’
Tariq Lamptey
Assist: Estupiñán0-1 (Brighton)
Half-time0-1
79’
Yankuba Minteh0-2 (Brighton)
Jamie Vardy1-2 (Leicester)
86’
Bobby Reid
Assist: Jamie Vardy2-2 (Leicester)
90+1’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Boubakary Soumare
Brighton
  • Carlos Baleba
  • Mats Wieffer

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 1.43 1.12 37’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), 0-1 37’ 79’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 0-2 79’ 86’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-2 86’ 90+1’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), 2-2 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 1.12 37’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), 0-1 Lamptey 37’ 79’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 0-2 Minteh 79’ 86’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-2 Vardy 86’ 90+1’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), 2-2 Reid 90+1’
Leicester 1.43 xGBrighton 1.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Leicester attacking 
90+1’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 86’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 44’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 89’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.18 xG, off target 79’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 35’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 33’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 14’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Estupiñán (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+7’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ James Justin (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Boubakary Soumare (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 5’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 86’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 44’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 89’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.18 xG, off target 79’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 35’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 33’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 14’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 84’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 53’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Estupiñán (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+7’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 67’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Evan Ferguson (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ James Justin (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ Boubakary Soumare (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Bobby Reid (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 5’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 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 DEF902 0.290.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Jannik Vestergaard DEF830 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen DEF900 0.000.251
Boubakary Soumare MID901 0.030.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID540 0.000.000
Kasey McAteer MID640 0.000.031
Bilal El Khannouss MID830 0.000.081
Jordan Ayew MID641 0.020.041
Jamie Vardy FWD90113 0.490.531
Oliver Skipp Sub360 0.000.021
Bobby Reid Sub2612 0.550.000
Stephy Mavididi Sub261 0.050.051
Wout Faes Sub70 0.000.000
Patson Daka Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 19% Avg odds 4.92
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.22
Brighton win 58% Avg odds 1.67

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

Form going into the game

Leicester DLLLW
Brighton LWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 2-2 Brighton, 21 Jan 23 Next meeting: Brighton 2-2 Leicester, 12 Apr 25  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.