Leicester City 1–2 Burton Albion — Match Stats & Analysis

League One · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Leicester City

1–2Full-time analysis

Burton Albion

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Burton Albion won 1–2.

Shots: 1313
Shots on target: 36
Expected goals: 1.10.71
Possession: 74%26%

Full time

What the match recorded

Burton Albion beat Leicester City 2–1. Recorded in this match (Leicester City – Burton Albion): shots 13–13, shots on target 3–6, expected goals 1.1–0.71, possession 74%–26%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots13 shotsLeicester City 13 shots, Burton Albion 13 shots
Shots on target3 shots6 shotsLeicester City 3 shots, Burton Albion 6 shots
Expected goals1.1 xG0.71 xGLeicester City 1.1 xG, Burton Albion 0.71 xG
Possession74%26%Leicester City 74%, Burton Albion 26%
Corners5 corners3 cornersLeicester City 5 corners, Burton Albion 3 corners
Fouls13 fouls19 foulsLeicester City 13 fouls, Burton Albion 19 fouls
Yellow cards1 card3 cardsLeicester City 1 card, Burton Albion 3 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Leicester City: 13 shots, 3 on target, 1.13 xG. Burton Albion: 13 shots, 6 on target, 0.72 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Leicester City 1.13 xG · Burton Albion 0.72 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.1 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4