West Ham vs Leicester

28 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee David Coote

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Pablo Fornals 45’
  • Kelechi Iheanacho 40’
  • Demarai Gray 56’

Match summary

Leicester beat West Ham 2-1 on the road. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester ahead with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, Pablo Fornals equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Felipe Anderson, and Demarai Gray won it in the 56th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.63 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to West Ham's 0.78 from 14. Demarai Gray had a penalty saved for Leicester.

Match stats

West Ham Leicester
14 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 8
5 Corners 5
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.78 xG 2.62
0.78 Non-penalty xG 1.86
7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

West Ham Leicester
Kick-off
40’
Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Ayoze Pérez0-1 (Leicester)
Pablo Fornals
Assist: Felipe Anderson1-1 (West Ham)
45’
Half-time1-1
56’
Demarai Gray
Assist: Ayoze Pérez1-2 (Leicester)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Lukasz Fabianski
  • Issa Diop
  • Arthur Masuaku
  • Declan Rice
Leicester
  • Hamza Choudhury

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 2.63 40’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 0-1 40’ 45’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-1 45’ 56’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), 1-2 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 2.63 40’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), 0-1 Iheanacho 40’ 45’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-1 Fornals 45’ 56’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), 1-2 Gray 56’
West Ham 0.78 xGLeicester 2.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking West Ham attacking 
12’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 40’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 34’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 56’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 49’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 8’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 42’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 49’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 36’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 86’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 50’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Albian Ajeti (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 4’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Robert Snodgrass (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 22’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 71’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 40’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 34’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 56’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 49’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 8’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 42’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 49’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 36’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Albian Ajeti (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 86’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 50’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 90+4’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 4’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Wes Morgan (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Robert Snodgrass (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 22’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 71’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Ryan Fredericks DEF900 0.000.031
Issa Diop DEF900 0.000.000
Fabián Balbuena DEF903 0.190.000
Arthur Masuaku DEF901 0.010.091
Declan Rice MID901 0.080.052
Carlos Sánchez MID650 0.000.000
Pablo Fornals MID9011 0.090.081
Manuel Lanzini MID731 0.040.152
Felipe Anderson MID9010 0.000.213
Sébastien Haller FWD584 0.250.011
Michail Antonio Sub321 0.030.000
Robert Snodgrass Sub251 0.010.041
Albian Ajeti Sub171 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 38% Avg odds 2.55
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.61
Leicester win 36% Avg odds 2.68

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

Form going into the game

West Ham WLLWL
Leicester WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: West Ham 2-2 Leicester, 20 Apr 19 Next meeting: Leicester 4-1 West Ham, 22 Jan 20  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.