Southampton vs Leicester

4 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Carlos Alcaraz 35’

Match summary

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

Carlos Alcaraz put Southampton ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Che Adams.

Leicester can feel hard done by, creating 1.67 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Southampton's 1.34 from 11. James Ward-Prowse had a penalty saved for Southampton.

Match stats

Southampton Leicester
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 0
3 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 1.67
0.58 Non-penalty xG 1.67
1 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Southampton Leicester
Kick-off
Carlos Alcaraz
Assist: Che Adams1-0 (Southampton)
35’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • James Ward-Prowse
  • Carlos Alcaraz
  • Che Adams
  • Adam Armstrong
Leicester
  • James Maddison
  • Harvey Barnes

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 1.34 1.67 35’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), 1-0 35’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 1.67 35’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), 1-0 Alcaraz 35’
Southampton 1.34 xGLeicester 1.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Southampton attacking 
32’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 20’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 90+5’ Harry Souttar (Leicester), from a corner, 0.42 xG, hit the woodwork 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 35’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 16’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 6’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 85’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 34’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Tetê (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Tetê (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 32’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 20’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 90+5’ Harry Souttar (Leicester), from a corner, 0.42 xG, hit the woodwork 49’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 35’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 16’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 6’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 85’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 34’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 24’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Tetê (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Tetê (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gavin Bazunu GK900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF900 0.000.111
Armel Bella Kotchap DEF900 0.000.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.000
Romeo Lavia MID900 0.000.102
James Ward-Prowse MID903 0.810.102
Theo Walcott MID671 0.110.000
Carlos Alcaraz MID5414 0.280.000
Kamaldeen Sulemana MID842 0.120.000
Che Adams FWD6710 0.000.151
Mohamed Elyounoussi Sub360 0.000.000
Sékou Mara Sub231 0.030.000
Adam Armstrong Sub230 0.000.000
Stuart Armstrong Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 34% Avg odds 2.79
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Leicester win 37% Avg odds 2.62

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

Form going into the game

Southampton LLLWL
Leicester DWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 1-2 Southampton, 20 Aug 22 Next meeting: Southampton 2-3 Leicester, 19 Oct 24  All Southampton vs Leicester 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.