Leicester vs Burnley

20 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Harvey Barnes 20’
  • Erik Pieters 50’ (og)
  • James Justin 61’
  • Dennis Praet 79’
  • Chris Wood 10’
  • Jimmy Dunne 73’

Match summary

Leicester came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Burnley. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Chris Wood put Burnley ahead in the 10th minute and Harvey Barnes equalised in the 20th minute, set up by Timothy Castagne. In the second half, Pieters's own goal put Leicester in front in the 50th minute, James Justin made it 3-1 in the 61st minute, Jimmy Dunne pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 73rd minute, set up by Dwight McNeil, and Dennis Praet made it 4-2 in the 79th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes.

Burnley can feel hard done by, creating 1.52 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Leicester's 0.99 from 14.

Match stats

Leicester Burnley
14 Shots 16
6 Shots on Target 5
15 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.99 xG 1.52
0.99 Non-penalty xG 1.52
14 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Leicester Burnley
Kick-off
10’
Chris Wood0-1 (Burnley)
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Timothy Castagne1-1 (Leicester)
20’
Half-time1-1
Erik Pieters
Own goal2-1 (Leicester)
50’
James Justin3-1 (Leicester)
61’
73’
Jimmy Dunne
Assist: Dwight McNeil3-2 (Burnley)
Dennis Praet
Assist: Harvey Barnes4-2 (Leicester)
79’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Nampalys Mendy
Burnley
  • Phil Bardsley
  • Jay Rodriguez

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 0.99 1.52 10’ Chris Wood (Burnley), 0-1 10’ 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-1 20’ 50’ Erik Pieters (Leicester) own goal, 2-1 50’ 61’ James Justin (Leicester), 3-1 61’ 73’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), 3-2 73’ 79’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), 4-2 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 1.52 10’ Chris Wood (Burnley), 0-1 Wood 10’ 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-1 Barnes 20’ 50’ Erik Pieters (Leicester) own goal, 2-1 Pieters 50’ 61’ James Justin (Leicester), 3-1 Justin 61’ 73’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), 3-2 Dunne 73’ 79’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), 4-2 Praet 79’
Leicester 0.99 xGBurnley 1.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Burnley attacking Leicester attacking 
59’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 88’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.29 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.20 xG, blocked 61’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 59’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 73’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), set piece, 0.10 xG, goal 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 68’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Robbie Brady (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 87’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Erik Pieters (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 10’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 45’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 89’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Erik Pieters (Burnley), own goal 59’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 88’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.29 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.20 xG, blocked 61’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 59’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 73’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), set piece, 0.10 xG, goal 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Jimmy Dunne (Burnley), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 68’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Robbie Brady (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 87’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 77’ Erik Pieters (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 70’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 10’ Chris Wood (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 45’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 89’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Phil Bardsley (Burnley), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Erik Pieters (Burnley), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF9010 0.000.192
Wilfred Ndidi DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF901 0.050.112
James Justin DEF9012 0.150.091
Nampalys Mendy MID900 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez MID641 0.080.000
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.040.082
Dennis Praet MID8513 0.210.122
Harvey Barnes MID90115 0.370.072
Jamie Vardy FWD901 0.090.101
James Maddison Sub260 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton Sub50 0.000.000
Wes Morgan Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 62% Avg odds 1.56
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19
Burnley win 15% Avg odds 6.26

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LWLLW
Burnley WDDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Burnley 2-1 Leicester, 19 Jan 20 Next meeting: Burnley 1-1 Leicester, 03 Mar 21  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.