Matchday 6 · Premier League 2015-16 · September 19, 2015
Stoke 2–2 Leicester: who deserved to win?
Stoke and Leicester drew 2–2. Replayed with the way both teams played, Stoke win 4 of 10, Leicester 3, and 3 end level. Leicester made the better chances: 1.6 expected goals to 1.3.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Stoke City | 2 | 1.32 |
 Leicester City | 2 | 1.61 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index −7 Stoke about even 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. Stoke win 4, 3 end level, Leicester win 3.
- 1 STK 2 LEI 1
- 2 STK 4 LEI 3
- 3 STK 3 LEI 1
- 4 STK 3 LEI 0
- 5 STK 1 LEI 1
- 6 STK 2 LEI 2
- 7 STK 1 LEI 1
- 8 STK 1 LEI 3
- 9 STK 0 LEI 1
- 10 STK 0 LEI 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
Stoke win 44%, 25% end level, Leicester win 30%. The line is what actually happened: Draw.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Stoke by 3+ | 9.0% |
| Stoke by 2 | 14.0% |
| Stoke by 1 | 21.5% |
| Draw | 25.4% |
| Leicester by 1 | 17.3% |
| Leicester by 2 | 8.5% |
| Leicester by 3+ | 4.5% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stoke | 10 | 2 | 1.32 | +0.68 |
 Leicester | 12 (1 pen) | 2 | 1.61 | +0.39 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 12' | Bojan Krkíc Pérez scored from a shot | 0.47 |
| 19' | Jonathan Walters scored from a shot | 0.55 |
| 50' | Riyad Mahrez scored from a penalty | 0.78 |
| 68' | Jamie Vardy scored from a shot | 0.22 |
When it happened
Stoke’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12' | Bojan Krkíc Pérez scored from a shotFinishing · 47% chance | +12% STK |
| 2 | 19' | Jonathan Walters scored from a shotFinishing · 55% chance | +6% STK |
| 3 | 50' | Riyad Mahrez scored from a penaltyFinishing · 78% chance | +2% LEI |
| 4 | 52' | Jamie Vardy didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 8% chance | +3% STK |
| 5 | 61' | Jamie Vardy didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 6% chance | +2% STK |
| 6 | 68' | Jamie Vardy scored from a shotFinishing · 22% chance | +29% LEI |
| 7 | 80' | Xherdan Shaqiri didn’t score from a free kickFinishing · 6% chance | +2% LEI |
| 8 | 93' | Jamie Vardy didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 4% chance | +2% STK |
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
Stoke 27% · draw 29% · Leicester 45%
- Final margin
- even
- Luck in goals
- 0.2 for Stoke
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Leicester by 0.2
- Replay with same day's form
- Stoke 44% · draw 25% · Leicester 30% 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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