West Ham vs Leicester

11 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jesse Lingard 29’, 44’
  • Jarrod Bowen 48’
  • Kelechi Iheanacho 70’, 90+1’

Match summary

West Ham saw off Leicester 3-2. West Ham led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jesse Lingard put West Ham ahead in the 29th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal and Lingard made it 2-0 in the 44th minute, set up by Jarrod Bowen. In the second half, Jarrod Bowen made it 3-0 in the 48th minute, set up by Tomas Soucek, Kelechi Iheanacho pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Ricardo Pereira, and Iheanacho made it 3-2 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: West Ham created 1.02 expected goals (xG) from 4 shots, Leicester 1.17 from 15.

Match stats

West Ham Leicester
4 Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 5
1 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.02 xG 1.17
1.02 Non-penalty xG 1.17
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

West Ham Leicester
Kick-off
Jesse Lingard
Assist: Vladimir Coufal1-0 (West Ham)
29’
Jesse Lingard
Assist: Jarrod Bowen2-0 (West Ham)
44’
Half-time2-0
Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Tomas Soucek3-0 (West Ham)
48’
70’
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Ricardo Pereira3-1 (Leicester)
90+1’
Kelechi Iheanacho3-2 (Leicester)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Aaron Cresswell
  • Tomas Soucek
  • Arthur Masuaku
Leicester
  • Wesley Fofana
  • Ricardo Pereira
  • Wilfred Ndidi

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.02 1.17 29’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), 1-0 29’ 44’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), 2-0 44’ 48’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 3-0 48’ 70’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-1 70’ 90+1’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-2 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.02 1.17 29’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), 1-0 Lingard 29’ 44’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), 2-0 Lingard 44’ 48’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 3-0 Bowen 48’ 70’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-1 Iheanacho 70’ 90+1’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 3-2 Iheanacho 90+1’
West Ham 1.02 xGLeicester 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking West Ham attacking 
48’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 90+1’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 44’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 38’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+7’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+6’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 75’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 70’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 24’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 90+1’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 44’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 38’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+7’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+6’ Timothy Castagne (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 75’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 70’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 24’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Vladimir Coufal DEF9010 0.000.192
Issa Diop DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF900 0.000.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF550 0.000.000
Tomas Soucek MID9010 0.000.501
Mark Noble MID840 0.000.000
Pablo Fornals MID900 0.000.000
Jesse Lingard MID9023 0.520.000
Arthur Masuaku MID900 0.000.000
Jarrod Bowen FWD86111 0.500.341
Fabián Balbuena Sub350 0.000.000
Ben Johnson Sub60 0.000.000
Said Benrahma Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 30% Avg odds 3.18
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Leicester win 40% Avg odds 2.39

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

Form going into the game

West Ham LWLDW
Leicester LDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 0-3 West Ham, 04 Oct 20 Next meeting: West Ham 4-1 Leicester, 23 Aug 21  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.