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EPL Stats Gallery: Attacking zones, shots on target and more from Leicester City vs West Ham United

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Craig Dawson’s injury-time equalizer earned West Ham United a point against Leicester City on Sunday evening in the Premier League.

We’ve broken down all the key stats for you to digest, including;
* shot maps
* xT (expected threat)
* pass networks
* xG timelines
* defensive duels
* average positions and much more!

We also try to answer some questions for you with the visuals;

What were the attacking zones for both teams? How effective were West Ham inside the final third?

To navigate the stats gallery, simply click on the numbers to move through the pages.

At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.Premier League Stats: Leicester City vs West Ham United

Leicester City started in a 4-1-4-1 formation with Patson Daka as their number nine.

Leicester City had to make a change in the first half as they replaced James Justin with Luke Thomas due to an injury.

West Ham United started in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Michail Antonio leading the attack upfront.

West Ham made three changes in the last 20 minutes of the game as they searched for an equalizer.

Leicester City had a higher xG than West Ham as they had more attacking actions on goal. West Ham had a passing accuracy of 81.6% and completed 412 passes.

Youri Tielemans generated the highest xG of any other player on the pitch with his three shots on goal. Jarrod Bowen generated an xG of 0.59 with three shots on goal.

Leicester City had a total of 13 shots on goal with only two shots on target. Most of their shots were off target.

West Ham had 25% of their shots on target as they attempted eight shots with two on target. All of their shots were from the left side of the goal.

The xT timeline indicates that both teams created several chances and imposed a threat on the opposition defense.

Daniel Amartey attempted the most passes for the Foxes and made the most passes to Soyuncu.Aaron Cresswell attempted 55 passes for the Hammers and received 44 passes from his teammates.

Leicester City were comfortable on the ball and made most of their passes from the middle third. Harvey Barnes attempted four crosses into the penalty area for the Foxes.

West Ham attempted most of their passes from the left flank, which indicates that they tried to construct their attacks from the left. They also had more crosses from the left flank.

Leicester City were most threatening from the left flank as they had higher xT creation zones on the left. Harvey Barnes generated the highest xT for the hosts.

Harvey Barnes generated the highest overall xT with his passes, as well as the dribbles he attempted. Most of the Leicester attackers generated a negative xT as they failed to make the right pass at times.

West Ham United attempted most of their attacks from the left, as seen in the pass zones visual. They had higher xT creation zones in the wider areas of the pitch.

Declan Rice generated the highest xT from his passes, while Said Benrahma generated a high xT from his dribbles as he got into threatening positions inside the final third.

Leicester City attempted most of their defensive duels on the right flank, with Ricardo Pereira winning most duels for them.

Caglar Soyuncu won the most aerial duels for the Foxes, winning seven of the 14 duels he attempted.

Patson Daka recovered most loose balls for Leicester as he helped his team to regain possession of the ball.

West Ham attempted 23 duels in the defensive third, but only won nine defensive duels.

Tomas Soucek won eight aerial duels for the Hammers from the 13 duels he attempted.

West Ham United won 47.5% of the total loose ball duels they attempted. Issa Diop won  the most loose ball duels for his team.

Leicester City won a total of five corners and generated an xT of 0.87 from these situations.

Vladimir Coufal attempted a couple of long throw-ins towards the end of the game, which generated an xT of 0.15.

If you want to download this stats report in a PDF you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Leicester City vs West Ham United

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