Leicester vs Huddersfield

1 January 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Sam Allison

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Thomas Cannon 40’, 61’
Ricardo Pereira 47’
Stephy Mavididi 77’

Michał Helik 63’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Huddersfield. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Thomas Cannon put Leicester ahead in the 40th minute. In the second half, Ricardo Pereira made it 2-0 with a header in the 47th minute, Cannon made it 3-0 in the 61st minute, Michał Helik pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 63rd minute, and Stephy Mavididi made it 4-1 with a direct free kick in the 77th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.98 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Huddersfield's 1.11 from 12.

Match stats

19 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.98 xG 1.11

1.98 Non-penalty xG 1.11

Key events

Leicester Huddersfield

Kick-off

Thomas Cannon

1-0

40’

Half-time1-0

Ricardo Pereira

2-0

47’

Thomas Cannon

3-0

61’

63’

Michał Helik

3-1

Stephy Mavididi

4-1

77’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Huddersfield

Loick Ayina

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 1.98 xGHuddersfield 1.11 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


Mads Hermansen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Justin Taken off	80′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Jannik Vestergaard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wout Faes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ricardo Pereira	90′	1	–	3	0.66	–	–	–
Cesare Casadei	90′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Harry Winks	90′	–	–	1	0.13	–	–	–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Taken off	80′	–	–	3	0.12	–	–	–
Yunus Akgün	90′	–	–	3	0.17	–	–	–
Stephy Mavididi Taken off	89′	1	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Thomas Cannon	90′	2	–	3	0.62	–	–	–
Callum Doyle Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Marc Albrighton Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wanya Marcal Madivadua Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Lee Nicholls	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Lees	90′	–	–	2	0.14	–	–	–
Michał Helik	90′	1	–	1	0.26	–	–	–
Yuta Nakayama	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Kasumu	90′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
Ben Wiles Taken off	79′	–	–	2	0.19	–	–	–
Rarmani Edmonds-Green	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Rudoni	90′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
Jaheim Headley Taken off	37′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sorba Thomas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Koroma	90′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Loick Ayina Came on as a substitute	53′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–
Brahima Diarra Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 76% Avg odds 1.25

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.99

Huddersfield win 8% Avg odds 11.84

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

Form going into the game

Leicester W W W D W

Huddersfield L D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Huddersfield 0-1 Leicester, 12 Aug 23 All Leicester vs Huddersfield meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.