Leicester vs Burnley

25 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Jamie Vardy 37’, 85’

Jamie Vardy 12’ (og)
Maxwel Cornet 40’

Match summary

Leicester and Burnley shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Burnley led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Vardy's own goal put Burnley ahead with a header in the 12th minute, Jamie Vardy equalised in the 37th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans, and Maxwel Cornet put Burnley back in front in the 40th minute, set up by Matej Vydra. In the second half, Vardy equalised in the 85th minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho.

Leicester had the better of the chances, with 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Burnley's 0.43 from 9.

Match stats

22 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.16 xG 0.43

2.16 Non-penalty xG 0.43

17 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Leicester Burnley

Kick-off

12’

Jamie Vardy
Own goal

0-1

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Youri Tielemans

1-1

37’

40’

Maxwel Cornet
Assist: Matej Vydra

1-2

Half-time1-2

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

2-2

85’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Leicester

Jannik Vestergaard
Harvey Barnes

Burnley

James Tarkowski
Ashley Westwood
Maxwel Cornet
Johann Berg Gudmundsson

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.

Leicester 2.16 xGBurnley 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Burnley attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	50			0	0.00	0.16	1
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90		1	5	0.16	0.58	5
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Boubakary Soumare	MID	66			1	0.11	0.09	2
Ademola Lookman	FWD	82			1	0.05	0.36	4
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	2		6	1.33	0.09	1
Harvey Barnes	FWD	90			6	0.36	0.05	1
Timothy Castagne	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.09	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	24		1	2	0.13	0.51	1
James Maddison	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90			1	0.04	0.08	1
Josh Brownhill	MID	90			1	0.04	0.02	1
Maxwel Cornet	MID	46	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Chris Wood	FWD	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Matej Vydra	FWD	79		1	2	0.07	0.10	2
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Barnes	Sub	11			1	0.04	0.00	0
Aaron Lennon	Sub	1			1	0.01	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 57% Avg odds 1.68

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.86

Burnley win 18% Avg odds 5.32

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

Form going into the game

Leicester W L W L L

Burnley L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Burnley 1-1 Leicester, 03 Mar 21 Next meeting: Burnley 0-2 Leicester, 01 Mar 22 All Leicester vs Burnley 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.