Leicester vs Chelsea

19 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Wilfred Ndidi 6’
  • James Maddison 41’

Match summary

Leicester beat Chelsea 2-0. Leicester led 2-0 at half-time.

Wilfred Ndidi put Leicester ahead from a corner in the 6th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes and James Maddison made it 2-0 in the 41st minute, set up by Marc Albrighton.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.14 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Chelsea's 0.62 from 9.

Match stats

Leicester Chelsea
8 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.14 xG 0.62
1.14 Non-penalty xG 0.62
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Leicester Chelsea
Kick-off
Wilfred Ndidi
Assist: Harvey Barnes1-0 (Leicester)
6’
James Maddison
Assist: Marc Albrighton2-0 (Leicester)
41’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Wesley Fofana
Chelsea
  • Mateo Kovacic
  • Kai Havertz
  • Hakim Ziyech

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 0.62 6’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), 1-0 6’ 41’ James Maddison (Leicester), 2-0 41’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 0.62 6’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), 1-0 Ndidi 6’ 41’ James Maddison (Leicester), 2-0 Maddison 41’
Leicester 1.14 xGChelsea 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Leicester attacking 
34’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 41’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 57’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 41’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, off target 50’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 54’ Reece James (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 90+2’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 32’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 6’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 20’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 26’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 41’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 57’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 41’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, off target 50’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 54’ Reece James (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 90+2’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 32’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 6’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 20’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 51’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
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 DEF900 0.000.021
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF901 0.030.000
James Justin DEF901 0.120.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID9011 0.030.000
Marc Albrighton MID7911 0.020.733
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.300.000
James Maddison MID7812 0.330.031
Harvey Barnes MID9010 0.000.052
Jamie Vardy FWD901 0.310.301
Ayoze Pérez Sub120 0.000.000
Ricardo Pereira Sub110 0.000.000
Kelechi Iheanacho Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 34% Avg odds 2.80
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Chelsea win 38% Avg odds 2.53

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WDDWW
Chelsea WLDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 2-2 Chelsea, 01 Feb 20 Next meeting: Chelsea 2-1 Leicester, 18 May 21  All Leicester vs Chelsea 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.