Leicester vs Wolves

14 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jamie Vardy 41’

Match summary

Leicester beat Wolves 1-0. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Ricardo Pereira.

Wolves can feel hard done by, creating 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Leicester's 0.67 from 9.

Match stats

Leicester Wolves
9 Shots 17
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.67 xG 1.33
0.67 Non-penalty xG 1.33
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Leicester Wolves
Kick-off
Jamie Vardy
Assist: Ricardo Pereira1-0 (Leicester)
41’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Jamie Vardy
Wolves
  • Ki-Jana Hoever
  • Fernando Marçal

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 0.67 1.33 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 41’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 1.33 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 Vardy 41’
Leicester 0.67 xGWolves 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Leicester attacking 
36’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 87’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 46’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 34’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 65’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 88’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Trincão (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 16’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 87’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Trincão (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 24’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 36’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 87’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 77’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 41’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 46’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 65’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 88’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Trincão (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 16’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Trincão (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 24’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 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
Ricardo Pereira DEF9010 0.000.111
Daniel Amartey DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF900 0.000.000
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.020.131
Wilfred Ndidi MID900 0.000.000
Ayoze Pérez MID640 0.000.093
James Maddison MID640 0.000.081
Harvey Barnes MID741 0.110.000
Jamie Vardy FWD9016 0.460.192
Jannik Vestergaard Sub260 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare Sub260 0.000.000
Kelechi Iheanacho Sub161 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
Wolves win 19% Avg odds 5.06

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

Form going into the game

Leicester DLWLL
Wolves DWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 0-0 Leicester, 07 Feb 21 Next meeting: Wolves 2-1 Leicester, 20 Feb 22  All Leicester vs Wolves 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.