Leicester vs Tottenham

23 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–1

  • Jamie Vardy 18’ (pen), 52’ (pen)
  • Harry Kane 41’
  • Kasper Schmeichel 76’ (og)
  • Gareth Bale 87’, 90+6’

Match summary

Tottenham came from behind to win 4-2 away at Leicester. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead from the penalty spot in the 18th minute and Harry Kane equalised from a corner in the 41st minute. In the second half, Vardy put Leicester back in front from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, Schmeichel's own goal equalised from a corner in the 76th minute, Gareth Bale put Tottenham in front in the 87th minute, set up by Harry Kane, and Bale made it 2-4 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Leicester's 1.83 from 10.

Match stats

Leicester Tottenham
10 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.83 xG 1.85
0.30 Non-penalty xG 1.85
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Leicester Tottenham
Kick-off
Jamie Vardy
Penalty1-0 (Leicester)
18’
41’
Harry Kane1-1 (Tottenham)
Half-time1-1
Jamie Vardy
Penalty2-1 (Leicester)
52’
76’
Kasper Schmeichel
Own goal2-2 (Tottenham)
87’
Gareth Bale
Assist: Harry Kane2-3 (Tottenham)
90+6’
Gareth Bale2-4 (Tottenham)
Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Tottenham
  • Harry Winks
  • Steven Bergwijn

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.83 2.28 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 18’ 41’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 1-1 41’ 52’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-1 52’ 76’ Kasper Schmeichel (Tottenham) own goal, 2-2 76’ 87’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), 2-3 87’ 90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), 2-4 90+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.83 2.28 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 Vardy 18’ 41’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 1-1 Kane 41’ 52’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 2-1 Vardy 52’ 76’ Kasper Schmeichel (Tottenham) own goal, 2-2 Schmeichel 76’ 87’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), 2-3 Bale 87’ 90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), 2-4 Bale 90+6’
Leicester 1.83 xGTottenham 2.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Leicester attacking 
90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.81 xG, goal 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.53 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 87’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+1’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 9’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 41’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Nampalys Mendy (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), own goal 90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.81 xG, goal 18’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.53 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 87’ Gareth Bale (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 78’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+1’ Luke Thomas (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 9’ Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Nampalys Mendy (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), own goal
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 DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF901 0.040.000
Wesley Fofana DEF200 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton MID821 0.020.071
Youri Tielemans MID900 0.000.154
Wilfred Ndidi MID900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas MID901 0.070.000
James Maddison MID641 0.020.000
Kelechi Iheanacho FWD902 0.070.021
Jamie Vardy FWD9023 1.590.000
Nampalys Mendy Sub701 0.020.021
Ricardo Pereira Sub260 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 54% Avg odds 1.79
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19
Tottenham win 23% Avg odds 4.14

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WDLWL
Tottenham WWLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Tottenham 0-2 Leicester, 20 Dec 20 Next meeting: Leicester 2-3 Tottenham, 19 Jan 22  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.