Leicester vs Liverpool

28 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ademola Lookman 59’

Match summary

Leicester beat Liverpool 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Ademola Lookman put Leicester ahead in the 59th minute, set up by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

Liverpool can feel hard done by, creating 3.05 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Leicester's 0.62 from 6. Mohamed Salah had a penalty saved for Liverpool.

Match stats

Leicester Liverpool
6 Shots 21
1 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 12
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.62 xG 2.73
0.62 Non-penalty xG 1.86
6 Deep Completions 22

Key events

Leicester Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Ademola Lookman
Assist: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall1-0 (Leicester)
59’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Joel Matip

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.62 3.05 59’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), 1-0 59’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.62 3.05 59’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), 1-0 Lookman 59’
Leicester 0.62 xGLiverpool 3.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Leicester attacking 
16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.64 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 38’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 4’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 88’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 32’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 46’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Boubakary Soumare (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.64 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 38’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 4’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 88’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 32’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Boubakary Soumare (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF900 0.000.091
Daniel Amartey DEF900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi DEF900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF900 0.000.051
Boubakary Soumare MID901 0.020.000
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID9010 0.000.071
Hamza Choudhury MID570 0.000.000
James Maddison MID691 0.320.021
Jamie Vardy FWD902 0.150.321
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD571 0.050.061
Youri Tielemans Sub330 0.000.000
Ademola Lookman Sub3311 0.070.000
Marc Albrighton Sub210 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 11% Avg odds 8.66
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.13
Liverpool win 73% Avg odds 1.31

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WDLWL
Liverpool WWWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool, 13 Feb 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Leicester, 10 Feb 22  All Leicester vs Liverpool 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.