West Ham vs Leicester

27 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Tomas Soucek 21’
  • Jannik Vestergaard 43’ (og)

Match summary

West Ham won 2-0 at home to Leicester. West Ham led 2-0 at half-time.

Tomas Soucek put West Ham ahead in the 21st minute and Vestergaard's own goal made it 2-0 from a corner in the 43rd minute.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Leicester's 0.29 from 10.

Match stats

West Ham Leicester
8 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.70 xG 0.29
1.70 Non-penalty xG 0.29
6 Deep Completions 0

Key events

West Ham Leicester
Kick-off
Tomas Soucek1-0 (West Ham)
21’
Jannik Vestergaard
Own goal2-0 (West Ham)
43’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.29 21’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), 1-0 21’ 43’ Jannik Vestergaard (West Ham) own goal, 2-0 43’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.29 21’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), 1-0 Soucek 21’ 43’ Jannik Vestergaard (West Ham) own goal, 2-0 Vestergaard 43’
West Ham 2.07 xGLeicester 0.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking West Ham attacking 
21’ Mohammed Kudus (West Ham), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 21’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 90+2’ Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 80’ Evan Ferguson (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 39’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ James Justin (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Oliver Scarles (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Victor Kristiansen (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Max Kilman (West Ham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), own goal 21’ Mohammed Kudus (West Ham), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 21’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 90+2’ Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 80’ Evan Ferguson (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 39’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ James Justin (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Oliver Scarles (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Victor Kristiansen (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Max Kilman (West Ham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Wout Faes (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alphonse Areola GK900 0.000.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.001.172
Max Kilman DEF901 0.030.000
Jean-Clair Todibo DEF670 0.000.000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka MID900 0.000.031
Oliver Scarles MID671 0.030.000
Tomas Soucek MID9011 0.600.000
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.051
Edson Álvarez MID670 0.000.031
Jarrod Bowen FWD902 0.110.131
Mohammed Kudus FWD741 0.610.000
Konstantinos Mavropanos Sub231 0.560.000
Emerson Sub230 0.000.000
Carlos Soler Sub230 0.000.000
Evan Ferguson Sub161 0.130.000
Andy Irving Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 54% Avg odds 1.77
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.77
Leicester win 20% Avg odds 4.77

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

Form going into the game

West Ham LDLLW
Leicester LWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.