Tottenham vs Leicester

17 September 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 6 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Harry Kane 8’
Eric Dier 21’
Rodrigo Bentancur 47’
Son Heung-Min 73’, 84’, 86’

Youri Tielemans 6’ (pen)
James Maddison 41’

Match summary

Tottenham came from behind to win 6-2 at home to Leicester. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Youri Tielemans put Leicester ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Harry Kane equalised with a header in the 8th minute, set up by Dejan Kulusevski, Eric Dier put Tottenham in front with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Ivan Perisic, and James Maddison equalised in the 41st minute, set up by Timothy Castagne. In the second half, Rodrigo Bentancur put Tottenham back in front in the 47th minute, Son Heung-Min made it 4-2 in the 73rd minute, set up by Rodrigo Bentancur, Heung-Min made it 5-2 in the 84th minute, set up by Harry Kane, and Heung-Min made it 6-2 in the 86th minute, set up by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Leicester's 1.59 from 19.

Match stats

16 Shots 19

11 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.99 xG 1.59

1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.83

6 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Tottenham Leicester

Kick-off

6’

Youri Tielemans
Penalty

0-1

Harry Kane
Assist: Dejan Kulusevski

1-1

8’

Eric Dier
Assist: Ivan Perisic

2-1

21’

41’

James Maddison
Assist: Timothy Castagne

2-2

Half-time2-2

Rodrigo Bentancur

3-2

47’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Rodrigo Bentancur

4-2

73’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Harry Kane

5-2

84’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

6-2

86’

Full-time6-2

Bookings

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

Tottenham

Ivan Perisic

Leicester

Wilfred Ndidi
Patson Daka

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.

Tottenham 1.99 xGLeicester 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Tottenham 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
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90	1		2	0.07	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	61			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ivan Perisic	MID	57		1	1	0.09	0.10	3
Ryan Sessegnon	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.40	2
Rodrigo Bentancur	MID	90	1	1	2	0.43	0.11	2
Dejan Kulusevski	MID	72		1	2	0.19	0.53	1
Richarlison	MID	61			1	0.09	0.09	1
Harry Kane	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.64	0.25	3
Emerson	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Romero	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	Sub	29	3		4	0.43	0.00	0
Yves Bissouma	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0

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	0.00	0.06	1
Wout Faes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Justin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	87			2	0.04	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	90	1		7	0.48	0.13	4
Youri Tielemans	MID	90	1		3	0.79	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	MID	76			1	0.04	0.16	4
Harvey Barnes	MID	90			3	0.16	0.00	0
Patson Daka	FWD	76			3	0.08	0.26	2
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.05	2
Jamie Vardy	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubakary Soumare	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 64% Avg odds 1.52

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.57

Leicester win 15% Avg odds 6.26

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

Form going into the game

Tottenham D W W D W

Leicester L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Tottenham 3-1 Leicester, 01 May 22 Next meeting: Leicester 4-1 Tottenham, 11 Feb 23 All Tottenham 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.