Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 27

Mar 6, 2021 at 8pm UK

Falmer Stadium

Brighton
1 - 2
Leicester

Lallana (10')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Iheanacho (62'), Amartey (87')
Tielemans (76')

Reaction

Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates scoring against Burnley in the Premier League on March 3, 2021

Kelechi Iheanacho in confident mood for Leicester City

The Nigeria international followed up his leveller in the midweek draw at Burnley by scoring Leicester's equaliser at Brighton.

Mar 7, 23:21

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers pictured in February 2021

Brendan Rodgers lavishes praise on Daniel Amartey

The Ghana international claimed his first Premier League goal since December 2016.

Mar 7, 11:39

Brendan Rodgers: 'Leicester's current position is irrelevant'

Brendan Rodgers saw his side drop out of the top four following a dismal end to last season.

Mar 6, 23:59

The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leicester City win with a probability of 48.84%. A win for Brighton & Hove Albion had a probability of 25.62% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.34%) and 0-2 (8.98%). The likeliest Brighton & Hove Albion win was 1-0 (7.89%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.13%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Leicester City would win this match.

Result
Brighton & Hove Albion	Draw	Leicester City
25.62%	25.54%	48.84%

Both teams to score 50.8%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.65%

52.35%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.96%

74.04%

Brighton & Hove Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.67%

35.33%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.91%

72.09%

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.55%

21.45%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.53%

54.47%

Score Analysis

Brighton & Hove Albion 25.62%

Leicester City 48.83%

Draw 25.53%

Brighton & Hove Albion	Draw	Leicester City
1-0 @ 7.89% 2-1 @ 6.31% 2-0 @ 4.1% 3-1 @ 2.19% 3-2 @ 1.69% 3-0 @ 1.42% Other @ 2.03% Total : 25.62%	1-1 @ 12.13% 0-0 @ 7.58% 2-2 @ 4.86% Other @ 0.96% Total : 25.53%	0-1 @ 11.66% 1-2 @ 9.34% 0-2 @ 8.98% 1-3 @ 4.79% 0-3 @ 4.61% 2-3 @ 2.49% 1-4 @ 1.85% 0-4 @ 1.77% 2-4 @ 0.96% Other @ 2.38% Total : 48.83%