Leicester vs Southampton

12 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Wilfred Ndidi 58’
  • James Ward-Prowse 11’ (pen)
  • Shane Long 45+2’

Match summary

Southampton won 2-1 away at Leicester. Southampton led 2-0 at half-time.

James Ward-Prowse put Southampton ahead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute, Shane Long made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time, and Wilfred Ndidi pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 58th minute, set up by Ricardo Pereira.

Leicester can feel hard done by, creating 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Southampton's 1.42 from 8. Southampton had a player sent off.

Match stats

Leicester Southampton
23 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1.76 xG 1.42
1.76 Non-penalty xG 0.66
12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Leicester Southampton
Kick-off
11’
James Ward-Prowse
Penalty0-1 (Southampton)
45+2’
Shane Long0-2 (Southampton)
Half-time0-2
Wilfred Ndidi
Assist: Ricardo Pereira1-2 (Leicester)
58’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Ben Chilwell
  • James Maddison
Southampton
  • Yan Valery
  • Jack Stephens

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.76 1.42 11’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 0-1 11’ 45+2’ Shane Long (Southampton), 0-2 45+2’ 58’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), 1-2 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.76 1.42 11’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 0-1 Ward-Prowse 11’ 45+2’ Shane Long (Southampton), 0-2 Long 45+2’ 58’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), 1-2 Ndidi 58’
Leicester 1.76 xGSouthampton 1.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Leicester attacking 
11’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), set piece, 0.56 xG, blocked 58’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 47’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 9’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 28’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 47’ Matt Targett (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 83’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), set piece, 0.56 xG, blocked 58’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 47’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 9’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 10’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 28’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Matt Targett (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 83’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ James Maddison (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
Ricardo Pereira DEF9010 0.000.533
Wes Morgan DEF901 0.560.000
Harry Maguire DEF904 0.110.103
Ben Chilwell DEF900 0.000.092
Wilfred Ndidi MID9014 0.580.000
Hamza Choudhury MID781 0.020.000
Nampalys Mendy MID480 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton FWD480 0.000.000
Jamie Vardy FWD902 0.110.000
James Maddison FWD906 0.190.208
Harvey Barnes Sub423 0.150.061
Demarai Gray Sub421 0.020.112
Rachid Ghezzal Sub121 0.020.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 50% Bet365 odds 1.95
Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.50
Southampton win 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leicester LWWLW
Southampton WWLLD

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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.