Leicester vs Rotherham United

23 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Darren Bond

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Patson Daka 60’, 65’ (pen)
  • Cesare Casadei 72’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Rotherham United. It was goalless at half-time.

Patson Daka put Leicester ahead in the 60th minute, Daka made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 65th minute, and Cesare Casadei made it 3-0 with a header in the 72nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 3.15 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Rotherham United's 0.02 from 2.

Match stats

Leicester Rotherham United
24 Shots 2
11 Shots on Target 0
10 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.15 xG 0.02
2.36 Non-penalty xG 0.02

Key events

Leicester Rotherham United
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Patson Daka1-0 (Leicester)
60’
Patson Daka
Penalty
2-0 (Leicester)
65’
Cesare Casadei3-0 (Leicester)
72’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Rotherham United
  • Viktor Johansson

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 3.15 0.02 60’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 1-0 60’ 65’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 2-0 65’ 72’ Cesare Casadei (Leicester), 3-0 72’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.15 0.02 60’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 1-0 Daka 60’ 65’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 2-0 Daka 65’ 72’ Cesare Casadei (Leicester), 3-0 Casadei 72’
Leicester 3.15 xGRotherham United 0.02 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rotherham United attacking Leicester attacking 
65’ Patson Daka (Leicester), penalty, 0.79 xG, goal 72’ Cesare Casadei (Leicester), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 60’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 60’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.25 xG, blocked 54’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 56’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 48’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 58’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 15’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 51’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 58’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Oliver Rathbone (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Yunus Akgün (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Patson Daka (Leicester), penalty, 0.79 xG, goal 72’ Cesare Casadei (Leicester), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 60’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 60’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.25 xG, blocked 54’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 56’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 48’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 58’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 23’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 51’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 50’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Yunus Akgün (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Oliver Rathbone (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
James Justin Taken off
78′ – – – – – – –
Jannik Vestergaard
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Wout Faes
90′ – – 2 0.08 – – –
Ricardo Pereira Taken off
78′ – – 2 0.43 – – –
Wilfred Ndidi Taken off
70′ – – 3 0.30 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Taken off
55′ – – – – – –
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Taken off
69′ – – 3 0.13 – – –
90′ – – 6 0.19 – – –
90′ 2 – 4 1.36 – – –
Yunus Akgün Came on as a substitute
35′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Dennis Praet Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Cesare Casadei Came on as a substitute
20′ 1 – 1 0.62 – – –
Harry Souttar Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Hamza Choudhury Came on as a substitute
12′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 81% Avg odds 1.17
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.60
Rotherham United win 6% Avg odds 16.03

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

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.