Leicester vs Crystal Palace

4 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Kelechi Iheanacho 49’
  • Jamie Vardy 77’, 90+4’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace. It was goalless at half-time.

Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans, Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, and Vardy made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by Harvey Barnes.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.51 from 7.

Match stats

Leicester Crystal Palace
15 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.21 xG 0.51
2.21 Non-penalty xG 0.51
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Leicester Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Youri Tielemans
1-0 (Leicester)
49’
Jamie Vardy
Assist: Harvey Barnes
2-0 (Leicester)
77’
Jamie Vardy
Assist: Harvey Barnes
3-0 (Leicester)
90+4’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Ben Chilwell
  • Marc Albrighton
Crystal Palace
  • James McArthur

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.51 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 1-0 49’ 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 77’ 90+4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 3-0 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.51 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 1-0 Iheanacho 49’ 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-0 Vardy 77’ 90+4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 3-0 Vardy 90+4’
Leicester 2.21 xGCrystal Palace 0.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Leicester attacking 
49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 89’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 90+4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 17’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 8’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 72’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 55’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 32’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 19’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 90+4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 89’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 17’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 8’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 72’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 55’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 32’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 90+1’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 19’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.171
James Justin DEF902 0.070.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.031
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.061
Ben Chilwell DEF490 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez MID781 0.060.112
Youri Tielemans MID9011 0.020.652
Wilfred Ndidi MID901 0.010.021
Marc Albrighton MID780 0.000.183
Jamie Vardy FWD9026 1.120.000
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD6714 0.930.000
Ryan Bennett Sub410 0.000.000
Dennis Praet Sub230 0.000.000
Christian Fuchs Sub120 0.000.000
Harvey Barnes Sub1220 0.000.722
Hamza Choudhury Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 58% Avg odds 1.65
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73
Crystal Palace win 16% Avg odds 5.91

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

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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.