Leicester City 2:0 Birmingham City: xG & match report · Championship

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Match report · Championship

Leicester City Home 0.56 xG · 5 shots

Birmingham City Away 0.83 xG · 11 shots

20 The result went against the chances

Goals

8' Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Leicester City · 0.07 xG chance 1–0
88' Ricardo Pereira Leicester City · 0.56 xG chance 2–0

The shots behind it

Leicester City Birmingham City

Shots: 5; 11
On target: 2; 1
Inside the box: 4; 7
xG per shot: 0.14; 0.08
Open play xG: 0.56; 0.43
Set-piece xG: 0.13; 0.46
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.67 for Leicester City and 0.90 for Birmingham City.

Shot map

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All shots

16 shots · 1.58 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match

Leicester City

1.32 xG created 1.58 xGA

W 2.54 created, 0.62 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday
L 0.92 created, 2.48 conceded against Preston North End
W 0.49 created, 1.63 conceded against Charlton Athletic

Birmingham City

1.68 xG created 0.71 xGA

D 1.38 created, 1.31 conceded against Ipswich Town
W 2.00 created, 0.43 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
W 1.65 created, 0.38 conceded against Oxford United

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.