Leicester vs Sheffield United

14 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Kelechi Iheanacho 39’, 69’, 78’
  • Ayoze Pérez 64’
  • Ethan Ampadu 80’ (og)

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Sheffield United. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester ahead in the 39th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy. In the second half, Ayoze Pérez made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Marc Albrighton, Iheanacho made it 3-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy, Iheanacho made it 4-0 in the 78th minute, set up by Wilfred Ndidi, and Ampadu's own goal made it 5-0 in the 80th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 4.55 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Sheffield United's 0.09 from 1.

Match stats

Leicester Sheffield United
19 Shots 1
10 Shots on Target 0
9 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4.55 xG 0.09
4.55 Non-penalty xG 0.09
12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Leicester Sheffield United
Kick-off
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Jamie Vardy1-0 (Leicester)
39’
Half-time1-0
Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Marc Albrighton2-0 (Leicester)
64’
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Jamie Vardy3-0 (Leicester)
69’
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Wilfred Ndidi4-0 (Leicester)
78’
Ethan Ampadu
Own goal5-0 (Leicester)
80’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Sheffield United
  • Kean Bryan
  • John Lundstram

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 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.55 0.09 39’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 1-0 39’ 64’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 2-0 64’ 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-0 69’ 78’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 4-0 78’ 80’ Ethan Ampadu (Leicester) own goal, 5-0 80’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.55 0.09 39’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 1-0 Iheanacho 39’ 64’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 2-0 Pérez 64’ 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-0 Iheanacho 69’ 78’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 4-0 Iheanacho 78’ 80’ Ethan Ampadu (Leicester) own goal, 5-0 Ampadu 80’
Leicester 4.55 xGSheffield United 0.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Leicester attacking 
83’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.69 xG, off target 39’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 82’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.55 xG, blocked 50’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.53 xG, blocked 84’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 59’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 16’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 50’ Oliver Burke (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 72’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 64’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 12’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 44’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Ethan Ampadu (Sheffield United), own goal 83’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.69 xG, off target 39’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 82’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.55 xG, blocked 50’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.53 xG, blocked 84’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 59’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 69’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 16’ Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 50’ Oliver Burke (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 80’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 72’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 64’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 12’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 44’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Ethan Ampadu (Sheffield United), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.021
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF901 0.690.000
Ricardo Pereira MID471 0.110.000
Youri Tielemans MID902 0.060.213
Wilfred Ndidi MID9010 0.000.073
Timothy Castagne MID900 0.000.051
Ayoze Pérez MID8214 0.240.000
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD9036 2.060.993
Jamie Vardy FWD9025 1.392.004
Marc Albrighton Sub4310 0.000.071
Thakgalo Leshabela Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 63% Avg odds 1.52
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.00
Sheffield United win 13% Avg odds 7.36

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WWLDW
Sheffield United LLLWL

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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.