Leicester vs Liverpool

13 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • James Maddison 78’
  • Jamie Vardy 81’
  • Harvey Barnes 85’
  • Mohamed Salah 67’

Match summary

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

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 67th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino, James Maddison equalised with a direct free kick in the 78th minute, Jamie Vardy put Leicester in front in the 81st minute, and Harvey Barnes made it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Wilfred Ndidi.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.11 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Liverpool's 1.79 from 15.

Match stats

Leicester Liverpool
11 Shots 15
6 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.07 xG 1.68
2.07 Non-penalty xG 1.68
2 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Leicester Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
67’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Roberto Firmino0-1 (Liverpool)
James Maddison1-1 (Leicester)
78’
Jamie Vardy2-1 (Leicester)
81’
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Wilfred Ndidi3-1 (Leicester)
85’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Jonny Evans
Liverpool
  • Ozan Kabak
  • Curtis Jones

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.11 1.79 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 67’ 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-1 78’ 81’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-1 81’ 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 3-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.11 1.79 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 67’ 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-1 Maddison 78’ 81’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-1 Vardy 81’ 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 3-1 Barnes 85’
Leicester 2.11 xGLiverpool 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Leicester attacking 
26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.67 xG, saved 81’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 20’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 42’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 45’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 26’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 11’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.67 xG, saved 81’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 85’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 20’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 42’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 84’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 45’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 26’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 39’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 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
Daniel Amartey DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
Ricardo Pereira DEF900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID9011 0.040.492
Youri Tielemans MID880 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton MID750 0.000.000
James Maddison MID9013 0.080.362
Harvey Barnes MID9012 0.600.172
Jamie Vardy FWD9015 1.400.000
Ayoze Pérez Sub150 0.000.000
Hamza Choudhury Sub20 0.000.000
Nampalys Mendy Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 26% Avg odds 3.74
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Liverpool win 49% Avg odds 1.94

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WDLWD
Liverpool LWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Leicester, 22 Nov 20 Next meeting: Leicester 1-0 Liverpool, 28 Dec 21  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.