Leicester vs Crystal Palace

26 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Timothy Castagne 50’
  • Kelechi Iheanacho 80’
  • Wilfried Zaha 12’

Match summary

Leicester came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Eberechi Eze, Timothy Castagne equalised in the 50th minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho, and Kelechi Iheanacho won it in the 80th minute, set up by Jonny Evans.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.23 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.72 from 4.

Match stats

Leicester Crystal Palace
13 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 0.72
1.23 Non-penalty xG 0.72
12 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Leicester Crystal Palace
Kick-off
12’
Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Eberechi Eze0-1 (Crystal Palace)
Half-time0-1
Timothy Castagne
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho1-1 (Leicester)
50’
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Jonny Evans2-1 (Leicester)
80’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Jairo Riedewald

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 1.23 0.72 12’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 0-1 12’ 50’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), 1-1 50’ 80’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 2-1 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 0.72 12’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Zaha 12’ 50’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), 1-1 Castagne 50’ 80’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 2-1 Iheanacho 80’
Leicester 1.23 xGCrystal Palace 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Leicester attacking 
12’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 50’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 10’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 20’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 79’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 34’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 50’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 10’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 64’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 20’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 34’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 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
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF901 0.050.000
Jonny Evans DEF9010 0.000.143
Timothy Castagne MID9011 0.390.000
Youri Tielemans MID902 0.090.082
Wilfred Ndidi MID901 0.020.000
Luke Thomas MID720 0.000.061
James Maddison MID723 0.120.101
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD90112 0.150.744
Jamie Vardy FWD903 0.410.000
Ayoze Pérez Sub180 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 67% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.64
Crystal Palace win 12% Avg odds 7.95

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WWLLW
Crystal Palace DLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester, 28 Dec 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester, 03 Oct 21  All Leicester vs Crystal Palace 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.