Leicester vs Man United

16 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Youri Tielemans 31’
Caglar Söyüncü 78’
Jamie Vardy 83’
Patson Daka 90+1’

Mason Greenwood 19’
Marcus Rashford 82’

Match summary

Leicester came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Man United. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mason Greenwood put Man United ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes and Youri Tielemans equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho. In the second half, Caglar Söyüncü put Leicester in front from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, Marcus Rashford equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Victor Lindelöf, Jamie Vardy put Leicester back in front in the 83rd minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, and Patson Daka made it 4-2 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 3.06 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Man United's 1.02 from 18.

Match stats

22 Shots 18

11 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.97 xG 1.02

2.97 Non-penalty xG 1.02

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Leicester Man United

Kick-off

19’

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

0-1

Youri Tielemans
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

1-1

31’

Half-time1-1

Caglar Söyüncü
Assist: Ayoze Pérez

2-1

78’

82’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Victor Lindelöf

2-2

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Ayoze Pérez

3-2

83’

Patson Daka

4-2

90+1’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Victor Lindelöf
Paul Pogba

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 3.06 xGMan United 1.02 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90	1		2	0.64	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	MID	90			2	0.17	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90	1		4	0.13	0.20	3
Boubakary Soumare	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	MID	90			1	0.05	0.03	1
James Maddison	MID	77			3	0.10	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	1		3	0.21	0.17	2
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	81		1	3	0.17	0.03	1
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	13		2	1	0.55	0.81	3
Patson Daka	Sub	9	1		3	1.04	0.55	1
Jannik Vestergaard	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.25	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90			3	0.11	0.02	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	84			1	0.01	0.01	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	84	1		5	0.25	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90		1	2	0.03	0.41	7
Jadon Sancho	MID	69			0	0.00	0.22	4
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90			3	0.23	0.04	1
Marcus Rashford	Sub	21	1		1	0.25	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	Sub	6			1	0.03	0.03	1
Scott McTominay	Sub	6			1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 26% Avg odds 3.66

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.75

Man United win 48% Avg odds 2.00

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

Form going into the game

Leicester W L L D D

Man United W W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 1-2 Leicester, 11 May 21 Next meeting: Man United 1-1 Leicester, 02 Apr 22 All Leicester vs Man United 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.