Leicester vs Southampton

3 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee David Webb

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jamie Vardy 17’
  • Jordan Ayew 44’

Match summary

Leicester saw off Southampton 2-0. Leicester led 2-0 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Bilal El Khannouss and Jordan Ayew made it 2-0 in the 44th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Southampton's 0.55 from 8.

Match stats

Leicester Southampton
14 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.61 xG 0.55
1.61 Non-penalty xG 0.55
2 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Leicester Southampton
Kick-off
Jamie Vardy
Assist: Bilal El Khannouss1-0 (Leicester)
17’
Jordan Ayew2-0 (Leicester)
44’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Oliver Skipp
Southampton
  • Taylor Harwood-Bellis
  • Chimuanya Ugochukwu
  • Kamaldeen Sulemana

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 1.61 0.55 17’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 17’ 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), 2-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.61 0.55 17’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 Vardy 17’ 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), 2-0 Ayew 44’
Leicester 1.61 xGSouthampton 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Leicester attacking 
37’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 17’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 55’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 60’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 83’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 72’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Ross Stewart (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Chimuanya Ugochukwu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Ryan Manning (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 17’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 55’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 60’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 83’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 53’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Ross Stewart (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Kasey McAteer (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 44’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Chimuanya Ugochukwu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Ryan Manning (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jakub Stolarczyk GK900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF900 0.000.000
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF902 0.220.193
Wilfred Ndidi MID902 0.440.000
Oliver Skipp MID900 0.000.000
Kasey McAteer MID901 0.060.202
Jordan Ayew MID8212 0.110.361
Bilal El Khannouss MID9015 0.390.705
Jamie Vardy FWD9012 0.390.000
Jeremy Monga Sub80 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare Sub10 0.000.000
Patson Daka Sub10 0.000.000
Michael Golding Sub10 0.000.000
Jake Evans Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 40% Avg odds 2.42
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55
Southampton win 33% Avg odds 2.87

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LLDLL
Southampton DLLDL

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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.