West Ham vs Leicester

23 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Pablo Fornals 26’
Said Benrahma 56’
Michail Antonio 80’, 84’

Youri Tielemans 69’

Match summary

West Ham won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Leicester. West Ham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pablo Fornals put West Ham ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Said Benrahma. In the second half, Said Benrahma made it 2-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Michail Antonio, Youri Tielemans pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute, Michail Antonio made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Declan Rice, and Antonio made it 4-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.29 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Leicester's 0.66 from 5. Leicester had a player sent off.

Match stats

13 Shots 5

7 Shots on Target 1

10 Corners 0

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

2.29 xG 0.63

2.29 Non-penalty xG 0.63

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

West Ham Leicester

Kick-off

Pablo Fornals
Assist: Said Benrahma

1-0

26’

Half-time1-0

Said Benrahma
Assist: Michail Antonio

2-0

56’

69’

Youri Tielemans

2-1

Michail Antonio
Assist: Declan Rice

3-1

80’

Michail Antonio
Assist: Vladimir Coufal

4-1

84’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Leicester

Ayoze Pérez
Ricardo Pereira

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.

West Ham 2.29 xGLeicester 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking West Ham 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
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.55	1
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			4	0.18	0.05	1
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Tomas Soucek	MID	90			3	0.25	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.18	2
Jarrod Bowen	MID	90			0	0.00	0.33	5
Pablo Fornals	MID	90	1		1	0.12	0.43	3
Said Benrahma	MID	90	1	1	2	0.42	0.18	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	90	2	1	7	1.25	0.45	2
Andriy Yarmolenko	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mark Noble	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Daniel Amartey	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Thomas	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90	1	2	0.49	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	MID	39		1	0.08	0.07	1
James Maddison	MID	85		1	0.02	0.08	1
Harvey Barnes	MID	68		0	0.00	0.02	1
Jamie Vardy	FWD	85		0	0.00	0.00	0
Patson Daka	Sub	22		0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubakary Soumare	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.47

Leicester win 33% Avg odds 2.90

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

Form going into the game

West Ham L D W W W

Leicester L W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 3-2 Leicester, 11 Apr 21 Next meeting: Leicester 2-2 West Ham, 13 Feb 22 All West Ham 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.