Leicester vs Huddersfield

22 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee David Coote

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Kelechi Iheanacho 19’
James Maddison 66’
Jamie Vardy 75’

Zanka 5’

Match summary

Leicester came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Huddersfield. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Zanka put Huddersfield ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Laurent Depoitre and Kelechi Iheanacho equalised in the 19th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy. In the second half, James Maddison put Leicester in front with a direct free kick in the 66th minute and Jamie Vardy made it 3-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Huddersfield's 0.69 from 9.

Match stats

18 Shots 9

8 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.80 xG 0.69

1.80 Non-penalty xG 0.69

2 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Leicester Huddersfield

Kick-off

5’

Zanka
Assist: Laurent Depoitre

0-1

Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Jamie Vardy

1-1

19’

Half-time1-1

James Maddison

2-1

66’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

3-1

75’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Leicester

Wilfred Ndidi
Rachid Ghezzal

Huddersfield

Terence Kongolo

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 1.80 xGHuddersfield 0.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Huddersfield attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players


Kasper Schmeichel	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Amartey	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Harry Maguire	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Jonny Evans	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Chilwell	90′	–	–	–	–	0.21	5	–
Nampalys Mendy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wilfred Ndidi	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–
Rachid Ghezzal Taken off	48′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kelechi Iheanacho Taken off	79′	1	1	2	0.62	0.51	4	–
James Maddison Taken off	87′	1	–	2	0.11	0.34	2	–
Jamie Vardy	90′	1	1	7	0.87	0.57	2	–
Demarai Gray Came on as a substitute	42′	–	–	2	0.12	0.02	1	–
Marc Albrighton Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	1	0.01	0.01	1	–
Shinji Okazaki Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–


Jonas Lössl	90′	–	–	–	–	0.01	1	–
Erik Durm	90′	–	–	1	0.01	0.03	1	–
Zanka	90′	1	–	1	0.12	–	–	–
Christopher Schindler	90′	–	–	–	–	0.36	1	–
Terence Kongolo Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Löwe	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Elias Kachunga Taken off	59′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Aaron Mooy	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Philip Billing	90′	–	–	–	–	0.04	1	–
Rajiv van La Parra	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Laurent Depoitre	90′	–	1	2	0.40	0.12	1	–
Adama Diakhaby Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Pritchard Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 61% Bet365 odds 1.61

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Huddersfield win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leicester L W W L L

Huddersfield L L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Huddersfield 1-4 Leicester, 06 Apr 19 All Leicester vs Huddersfield 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.