Matchday 3 · Premier League 2015-16 · August 22, 2015
Leicester 1–1 Tottenham: who deserved to win?
Leicester and Tottenham drew 1–1. Replayed with the way both teams played, Leicester win 1 of 10, Tottenham 7, and 2 end level. Tottenham made the better chances: 2.0 expected goals to 0.6.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Leicester City | 1 | 0.63 |
 Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1.97 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +29 Leicester lucky for the draw
Each team’s own shots from this match, resampled into new matches 4,000 times, each a goal at its expected-goals chance: with the way both teams actually played, how often does this performance win? How the replay works
Ten replays. Leicester win 1, 2 end level, Tottenham win 7.
- 1 LEI 1 TOT 0
- 2 LEI 0 TOT 0
- 3 LEI 0 TOT 0
- 4 LEI 1 TOT 5
- 5 LEI 0 TOT 3
- 6 LEI 0 TOT 2
- 7 LEI 0 TOT 2
- 8 LEI 0 TOT 1
- 9 LEI 0 TOT 1
- 10 LEI 0 TOT 1
The narrowest view of luck
The same match, with only the coin flips re-rolled: every shot kept where and how it was taken, its outcome redrawn at its chance (75% of finishing counts as luck), own goals at the league’s rate.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
There is no betting line for this match, and no forecast from before kickoff: matches of past seasons are replayed, not forecast.
How 4,000 replays of the 90 minutes ended
Leicester win 12%, 18% end level, Tottenham win 70%. The line is what actually happened: Draw.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Leicester by 3+ | 0.6% |
| Leicester by 2 | 2.3% |
| Leicester by 1 | 9.0% |
| Draw | 18.4% |
| Tottenham by 1 | 25.7% |
| Tottenham by 2 | 22.6% |
| Tottenham by 3+ | 21.4% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leicester | 13 | 1 | 0.63 | +0.37 |
 Tottenham | 19 | 1 | 1.97 | −0.97 |
Own goals aren’t shots, so they’re counted on their own. A side above expected finished better than its chances, or met a goalkeeper on a bad day; 75% of the gap counts as luck (why that share).
The big chances, and every goal
| Minute | Chance | xG |
|---|---|---|
| 80' | Bamidele Alli scored from a shot | 0.66 |
| 81' | Riyad Mahrez scored from a shot | 0.03 |
| 90' | Bamidele Alli didn’t score from a shot | 0.34 |
When it happened
Leicester’s chance of winning
As low as 6% and as high as 59%. Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24' | Eric Dier didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 10% chance | +3% LEI |
| 2 | 51' | Erik Lamela didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 28% chance | +10% LEI |
| 3 | 53' | Nacer Chadli didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +3% LEI |
| 4 | 62' | Harry Kane didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 8% chance | +3% LEI |
| 5 | 80' | Bamidele Alli scored from a shotFinishing · 66% chance | +15% TOT |
| 6 | 81' | Riyad Mahrez scored from a shotFinishing · 3% chance | +44% LEI |
| 7 | 87' | Wes Morgan didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 8% chance | +4% TOT |
| 8 | 90' | Bamidele Alli didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 34% chance | +17% LEI |
Adjust the assumptions
Think finishing is more skill than we do? Change how much of it counts as luck and the coin-flip replay of the 90 minutes reruns in your browser.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
Leicester 8% · draw 18% · Tottenham 75%
- Final margin
- even
- Luck in goals
- 1.0 for Leicester
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Tottenham by 1.0
- Replay with same day's form
- Leicester 12% · draw 18% · Tottenham 70% unchanged: why
About these numbers
Expected goals per shot from StatsBomb’s open data; the replays, the in-game win probability and the luck shares are our own models, fitted and tested on every shot of four full league seasons and four tournaments, these matches included (methodology and validation).
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