Leicester vs Ipswich

18 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Andrew Kitchen

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jamie Vardy 28’
  • Kasey McAteer 69’

Match summary

Leicester beat Ipswich 2-0. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead in the 28th minute, set up by James Justin and Kasey McAteer made it 2-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Wilfred Ndidi.

Ipswich can feel hard done by, creating 1.38 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Leicester's 0.79 from 9.

Match stats

Leicester Ipswich
9 Shots 20
3 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.79 xG 1.37
0.79 Non-penalty xG 1.37
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Leicester Ipswich
Kick-off
Jamie Vardy
Assist: James Justin1-0 (Leicester)
28’
Half-time1-0
Kasey McAteer
Assist: Wilfred Ndidi2-0 (Leicester)
69’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Kasey McAteer

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.79 1.38 28’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 28’ 69’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), 2-0 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.79 1.38 28’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 Vardy 28’ 69’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), 2-0 McAteer 69’
Leicester 0.79 xGIpswich 1.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Ipswich attacking Leicester attacking 
67’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 20’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 28’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 18’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 41’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 60’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Jens Cajuste (Ipswich), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 69’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 77’ Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ Jack Clarke (Ipswich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Jeremy Monga (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Leif Davis (Ipswich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 90’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Leif Davis (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Jens Cajuste (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Dara O'Shea (Ipswich), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 39’ Dara O'Shea (Ipswich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Sam Morsy (Ipswich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 20’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 28’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 18’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 41’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 60’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Jens Cajuste (Ipswich), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 69’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 77’ Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ Jack Clarke (Ipswich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Jeremy Monga (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Leif Davis (Ipswich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 90’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Leif Davis (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Jens Cajuste (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Dara O'Shea (Ipswich), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 39’ Dara O'Shea (Ipswich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Julio Enciso (Ipswich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Sam Morsy (Ipswich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jakub Stolarczyk GK900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF6510 0.000.161
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF900 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare MID900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID8910 0.000.091
Kasey McAteer MID8113 0.170.000
Jordan Ayew MID651 0.070.171
Bilal El Khannouss MID901 0.060.304
Jamie Vardy FWD8113 0.410.000
Ricardo Pereira Sub250 0.000.000
Jeremy Monga Sub251 0.070.000
Patson Daka Sub90 0.000.000
Jake Evans Sub90 0.000.000
Oliver Skipp Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 42% Avg odds 2.27
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.67
Ipswich win 32% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Leicester DLLWD
Ipswich DLLDL

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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.