Leicester vs Wolves

8 November 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jamie Vardy 15’ (pen)

Match summary

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

Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolves's 0.58 from 7. Jamie Vardy had a penalty saved for Leicester.

Match stats

Leicester Wolves
10 Shots 7
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.05 xG 0.58
0.53 Non-penalty xG 0.58
1 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Leicester Wolves
Kick-off
Jamie Vardy
Penalty1-0 (Leicester)
15’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Wesley Fofana
  • Jonny Evans
Wolves
  • Max Kilman
  • Leander Dendoncker
  • Rúben Neves

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.58 15’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 15’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.58 15’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 1-0 Vardy 15’
Leicester 2.05 xGWolves 0.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Leicester attacking 
15’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 39’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 78’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 82’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 64’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, off target 56’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 59’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 46’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 31’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 15’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 39’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 78’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 82’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 64’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, off target 56’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 59’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 46’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 31’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Christian Fuchs DEF902 0.040.000
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.031
Jonny Evans DEF901 0.110.000
James Justin MID900 0.000.141
Luke Thomas MID480 0.000.000
Youri Tielemans MID902 0.090.031
Nampalys Mendy MID900 0.000.000
Dennis Praet MID820 0.000.000
James Maddison MID741 0.120.122
Jamie Vardy FWD9013 1.550.000
Marc Albrighton Sub420 0.000.071
Harvey Barnes Sub161 0.140.000
Wes Morgan Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 41% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.14
Wolves win 29% Avg odds 3.32

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

Form going into the game

Leicester WLLWW
Wolves LWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 0-0 Leicester, 14 Feb 20 Next meeting: Wolves 0-0 Leicester, 07 Feb 21  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.