Leicester vs Tottenham

11 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Nampalys Mendy 23’
James Maddison 25’
Kelechi Iheanacho 45+4’
Harvey Barnes 81’

Rodrigo Bentancur 14’

Match summary

Leicester came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Tottenham. Leicester led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Rodrigo Bentancur put Tottenham ahead from a corner in the 14th minute, Nampalys Mendy equalised from a corner in the 23rd minute, James Maddison put Leicester in front in the 25th minute, set up by Kelechi Iheanacho, and Kelechi Iheanacho made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Harry Souttar. In the second half, Harvey Barnes made it 4-1 in the 81st minute, set up by James Maddison.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 1.42 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Tottenham 1.17 from 11.

Match stats

15 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 4

1 Corners 5

5 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.41 xG 1.12

1.41 Non-penalty xG 1.12

6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Leicester Tottenham

Kick-off

14’

Rodrigo Bentancur

0-1

Nampalys Mendy

1-1

23’

James Maddison
Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho

2-1

25’

Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Harry Souttar

3-1

45+4’

Half-time3-1

Harvey Barnes
Assist: James Maddison

4-1

81’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Leicester

Harry Souttar
Wout Faes
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
James Maddison
Harvey Barnes

Tottenham

Eric Dier
Rodrigo Bentancur

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 1.42 xGTottenham 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Tottenham 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
Danny Ward	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Harry Souttar	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Wout Faes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Kristiansen	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.16	2
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	90			0	0.00	0.26	4
Nampalys Mendy	MID	73	1		1	0.03	0.01	1
Tetê	MID	81			2	0.10	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90	1	1	3	0.50	0.10	2
Harvey Barnes	MID	90	1		3	0.24	0.23	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	81	1	1	4	0.46	0.38	1
Wilfred Ndidi	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dennis Praet	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fraser Forster	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Japhet Tanganga	DEF	80		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Porro	MID	80		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ivan Perisic	MID	79		3	0.13	0.13	2
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo Bentancur	MID	69	1	3	0.81	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	MID	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Dejan Kulusevski	MID	83		1	0.03	0.00	0
Harry Kane	FWD	90		1	0.05	0.09	2
Pape Sarr	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Richarlison	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.00	0
Emerson	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.03	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 27% Avg odds 3.51

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71

Tottenham win 47% Avg odds 2.07

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L L L D W

Tottenham W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Tottenham 6-2 Leicester, 17 Sep 22 Next meeting: Leicester 1-1 Tottenham, 19 Aug 24 All Leicester vs Tottenham 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.