Leicester vs Southampton

16 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • James Maddison 37’
  • Harvey Barnes 90+5’

Match summary

Leicester beat Southampton 2-0. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

James Maddison put Leicester ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans and Harvey Barnes made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Youri Tielemans.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.12 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Southampton's 0.38 from 8.

Match stats

Leicester Southampton
16 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.12 xG 0.38
2.12 Non-penalty xG 0.38
9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Southampton
Kick-off
James Maddison
Assist: Youri Tielemans1-0 (Leicester)
37’
Half-time1-0
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Youri Tielemans2-0 (Leicester)
90+5’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Wesley Fofana
  • Marc Albrighton
Southampton
  • Ryan Bertrand
  • Ibrahima Diallo

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.12 0.38 37’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-0 37’ 90+5’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 2-0 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.12 0.38 37’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-0 Maddison 37’ 90+5’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 2-0 Barnes 90+5’
Leicester 2.12 xGSouthampton 0.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Leicester attacking 
90+5’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 75’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 85’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 19’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 37’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 37’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 75’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 85’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 19’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 37’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 37’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 23’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 89’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF901 0.040.000
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
Wesley Fofana DEF550 0.000.000
James Justin DEF900 0.000.371
Youri Tielemans MID9020 0.000.643
Wilfred Ndidi MID902 0.070.000
Marc Albrighton MID900 0.000.233
James Maddison MID7912 0.100.163
Harvey Barnes MID9014 1.070.212
Jamie Vardy FWD907 0.840.000
Caglar Söyüncü Sub350 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez Sub110 0.000.051
Kelechi Iheanacho Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 56% Avg odds 1.71
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.82
Southampton win 19% Avg odds 5.10

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LWDDW
Southampton DLDDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 1-2 Southampton, 11 Jan 20 Next meeting: Southampton 1-1 Leicester, 30 Apr 21  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.