Clinical Edge
Leicester
Leicester finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.08 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.08
- Overperformance
- +2.92
League One · Matchday 6
Stockport County
J. Diamond 22'
O. Norwood 57'
K. Wootton 61'
3 – 4
FT
HT 1–2
Leicester
L. Cullen 11'
E. Riis 30', 48'
J. Lundstram 52'
League One
Matchday 6Stockport County3–4Leicester
2.08
Expected goals
1.08
11′22′30′48′52′57′61′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SC 2.08, LEI 1.08.
Match report
Stockport County 3-4 Leicester
Leicester edged out Stockport County 4-3 at Edgeley Park in League One. Cullen opened the scoring for Leicester on 11', Diamond levelled for Stockport County on 22', Riis put Leicester back in front on 30', Riis added his second on 48', Lundstram made it 4-1 to Leicester on 52', Norwood pulled one back for Stockport County on 57' and Wootton pulled one back for Stockport County on 61'.
Expected goals finished Stockport County 2.08, Leicester 1.08. On the balance of chances Stockport County had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Leicester will take more happily than the performance deserved.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Leicester graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.08 expected goals. Stockport County graded out for box occupation — 14 of 18 shots in the box and 0.12 xg per shot.
Oliver Norwood came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Stockport County from 1 goal, 4 key passes and 2 shots.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
51%Possession49%
18Shots9
2.08xG1.08
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Stockport County
Stockport County kept getting bodies into the area — 78% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 18
- Share
- 78%
- xG per shot
- 0.12
Timeline
⚽11'
L. Cullen — assist: L. Page
J. Diamond — assist: L. Bate
⚽22'
⚽30'
E. Riis
Ethan Pye
Foul
🟨36'
Half-time
⚽48'
E. Riis — assist: W. Alves
🟨50'
Louis Page
Foul
⚽52'
J. Lundstram — assist: L. Page
O. Norwood
⚽57'
K. Wootton
⚽61'
Kyron Gordon
Foul
🟨63'
🔄70'
B. De Cordova-Reid ↑ S. Braybrooke ↓
J. Adigun ↑ L. Bate ↓
🔄71'
M. Mandron ↑ H. Wood ↓
🔄71'
🔄76'
T. Watson ↑ E. Riis ↓
M. Jobe ↑ E. O'Connell ↓
🔄79'
E. Ennis ↑ R. Glover ↓
🔄79'
🔄86'
I. Kangasniemi ↑ W. Alves ↓
🔄86'
O. Aluko ↑ W. O'Hora ↓
🔄86'
W. Burns ↑ L. Cullen ↓
B. Andresson ↑ J. Diamond ↓
🔄87'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEdgeley Park, Stockport
RefereeT. Kirk
CompetitionLeague One
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished