Leicester vs Sheffield United

16 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ayoze Pérez 29’
  • Demarai Gray 79’

Match summary

Leicester won 2-0 at home to Sheffield United. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

Ayoze Pérez put Leicester ahead in the 29th minute, set up by Luke Thomas and Demarai Gray made it 2-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 3.06 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Sheffield United's 0.66 from 5.

Match stats

Leicester Sheffield United
15 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.06 xG 0.66
3.06 Non-penalty xG 0.66
6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Leicester Sheffield United
Kick-off
Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Luke Thomas1-0 (Leicester)
29’
Half-time1-0
Demarai Gray
Assist: Jamie Vardy2-0 (Leicester)
79’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Jonny Evans
Sheffield United
  • John Egan
  • John Fleck

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 3.06 0.66 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 1-0 29’ 79’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), 2-0 79’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.06 0.66 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 1-0 Pérez 29’ 79’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), 2-0 Gray 79’
Leicester 3.06 xGSheffield United 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Leicester attacking 
57’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.70 xG, saved 63’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.45 xG, saved 61’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 79’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 51’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.36 xG, hit the woodwork 12’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 74’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 9’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 12’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 67’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 14’ John Egan (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 73’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 57’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.70 xG, saved 63’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.45 xG, saved 61’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 79’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 51’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.36 xG, hit the woodwork 12’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 74’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 9’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 12’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 67’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 14’ John Egan (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 12’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Wes Morgan DEF900 0.000.000
Ryan Bennett DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
James Justin MID900 0.000.101
Luke Thomas MID9010 0.000.243
Youri Tielemans MID904 0.410.372
Wilfred Ndidi MID901 0.020.000
Ayoze Pérez FWD7213 0.320.000
Jamie Vardy FWD9013 0.791.915
Harvey Barnes FWD783 1.140.011
Hamza Choudhury Sub180 0.000.000
Demarai Gray Sub1211 0.380.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 45% Avg odds 2.14
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.24
Sheffield United win 25% Avg odds 3.75

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

Form going into the game

Leicester DLWDL
Sheffield United LWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester, 24 Aug 19 Next meeting: Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester, 06 Dec 20  All Leicester vs Sheffield 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.