Leicester vs Southampton

22 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

James Maddison 49’
Jamie Vardy 74’
Ayoze Pérez 81’, 90+6’

James Ward-Prowse 79’ (pen)

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Southampton. It was goalless at half-time.

James Maddison put Leicester ahead in the 49th minute, Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, James Ward-Prowse pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 79th minute, Ayoze Pérez made it 3-1 in the 81st minute, set up by James Maddison, and Pérez made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Ricardo Pereira.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 3.54 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Southampton's 1.05 from 7.

Match stats

12 Shots 7

6 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.42 xG 1.05

3.42 Non-penalty xG 0.29

7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Southampton

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

James Maddison

1-0

49’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Harvey Barnes

2-0

74’

79’

James Ward-Prowse
Penalty

2-1

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: James Maddison

3-1

81’

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Ricardo Pereira

4-1

90+6’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Southampton

Oriol Romeu

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 3.54 xGSouthampton 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton 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
Timothy Castagne	DEF	70			1	0.43	0.12	1
Wesley Fofana	DEF	90			1	0.50	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.50	1
James Justin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Nampalys Mendy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	82	1	1	1	0.32	0.85	3
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	77		1	2	0.06	0.65	1
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	1		4	1.21	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	27	2		2	0.98	0.07	1
Ricardo Pereira	Sub	20		1	0	0.00	0.57	1
Ademola Lookman	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Lyanco	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohammed Salisu	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1	3	0.86	0.00	0
Mohamed Elyounoussi	MID	72		0	0.00	0.16	3
Stuart Armstrong	FWD	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Nathan Redmond	FWD	83		1	0.04	0.00	0
Adam Armstrong	FWD	63		1	0.04	0.00	0
Che Adams	Sub	27		1	0.10	0.00	0
Moussa Djenepo	Sub	18		1	0.02	0.00	0
Shane Long	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0
William Smallbone	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 56% Avg odds 1.71

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.29

Southampton win 21% Avg odds 4.52

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L L W W D

Southampton L D L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 2-2 Leicester, 01 Dec 21 Next meeting: Leicester 1-2 Southampton, 20 Aug 22 All Leicester vs Southampton 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.