Leicester vs Man United

26 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Harvey Barnes 31’
Axel Tuanzebe 85’ (og)

Marcus Rashford 23’
Bruno Fernandes 79’

Match summary

The points were shared as Leicester and Man United drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Rashford put Man United ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes and Harvey Barnes equalised in the 31st minute, set up by James Maddison. In the second half, Bruno Fernandes put Man United back in front in the 79th minute, set up by Edinson Cavani and Tuanzebe's own goal equalised in the 85th minute.

Man United had the better of the chances, with 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Leicester's 1.04 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 9

2 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 0

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.04 xG 2.08

1.04 Non-penalty xG 2.08

1 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Leicester Man United

Kick-off

23’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

0-1

Harvey Barnes
Assist: James Maddison

1-1

31’

Half-time1-1

79’

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Edinson Cavani

1-2

Axel Tuanzebe
Own goal

2-2

85’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Leicester

Wilfred Ndidi
James Maddison

Man United

Bruno Fernandes

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 1.04 xGMan United 2.08 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
James Justin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	2
Wesley Fofana	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	MID	82			1	0.06	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90		1	1	0.08	0.12	3
Harvey Barnes	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90			3	0.22	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	8			1	0.59	0.09	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.37	3
Fred	MID	90			0	0.00	0.30	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel James	MID	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1	1	3	0.83	0.88	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	1		3	1.07	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	FWD	76			2	0.14	0.13	1
Paul Pogba	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Tuanzebe	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	Sub	14		1	0	0.00	0.40	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 32% Avg odds 2.96

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Man United win 41% Avg odds 2.36

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L W W L W

Man United W W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 0-2 Man United, 26 Jul 20 Next meeting: Man United 1-2 Leicester, 11 May 21 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.