App exclusive: Leicester 2-4 Spurs – the numbers

We finished off our 2020/21 Premier League campaign in style on Sunday afternoon as we twice came from behind to defeat Leicester City 4-2 at the King Power Stadium.

It was the hosts who took the lead through a Jamie Vardy penalty on 18 minutes as they pressed on in their fight for a Champions League place, but we responded well and were deservedly level come half-time thanks to a fine finish from Harry Kane. Seven minutes after the restart though, Leicester were back in front - once more, it was Vardy converting from the spot. However, with European qualification hanging in the balance, securing all three points was a necessity for us.

We showed great desire to get back on terms once again and, ultimately, with a slice of good fortune, our spirit and resolve paid off on 76 minutes, as Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel diverted Heung-Min Son's corner into his own net. That equaliser turned the momentum in our favour.

With three minutes remaining, substitute Gareth Bale put us in front for the first time as he drilled home from the edge of the box. He then wrapped up the win with his second and our fourth of the encounter in the final seconds of injury time. The victory secured us seventh spot in the Premier League and a place in the newly-created Europa Conference League. Here’s a look at the key numbers and statistics from the game…

Leicester outfoxed

2.5 - Sunday was our first victory at the King Power Stadium in two-and-a-half years. We last won at Leicester’s home ground in December, 2018 (2-0).

15 – We have now scored in each of our last 15 trips to Leicester and in 20 of the last 22 Premier League meetings between the sides.

6 – Leicester have failed to win any of their last six final day Premier League outings, losing three and drawing three, with two of their three defeats coming against us.

2 – Having won each of his first six games against us, Brendan Rodgers has now lost two of his last three such games.

54 – Since Leicester’s return to the Premier League in 2014, our 14 meetings with the Foxes have seen 54 goals scored. In that period, the only fixture to witness more goals is Arsenal v Liverpool (58).

5 – Unbeaten in his four appearances against Leicester as a player (W2 D2), Ryan Mason extended his run against the Foxes in his first encounter with them as a manager.

On the front foot

84 – Gareth Bale averaged a goal every 84 minutes in the Premier League this season. For players with 10+ goals in a single campaign, only Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 1998/99 has a better minutes-to-goals ratio (one every 71 minutes) in the history of the competition.

68 – With four goals against Leicester, we made it 68 goals in the top flight this season – Only Manchester City (83) and Manchester United (73) scored more.

32 – In scoring against Leicester, it was the 32^nd different game we had scored in during the 2021/22 season – only Manchester City had scored in more fixtures (35).

15 – We have scored in each of our last 15 Premier League games – the longest such current run in the division.

Kane and the Golden Boot

8 – Harry Kane has scored eight goals on the final day of a Premier League season – only Andy Cole and Les Ferdinand (both nine) have scored more such goals.

4 - The striker has scored on each of his last four final day Premier League outings - a run which includes three goals against Leicester.

15 – He has scored more goals against Leicester in the Premier League than any other opponent with 15 goals in just 12 appearances. Eight of those have come in seven outings at the King Power Stadium.

50 – This season, Harry registered his best ever campaign for goal involvements with 50 to his name in all competitions – 33 goals and 17 assists.

37 – In the Premier League alone, the England frontman recorded 37 goal contributions to top both the goals (23) and the assists (14) charts. He is only the second player in the history of the competition to manage that feat outright since Andy Cole in 1993/94. His 37 goal contributions also saw him register his best-ever Premier League campaign, beating his previous best of 36 in 2016/17.

3 – With 23 goals in the Premier League this season, Harry collected the competition’s Golden Boot for the third time in his career. Only Thierry Henry has claimed the prize more times (4).

Determined Doherty

4 – No Spurs player made more successful challenges or interceptions against Leicester than Matt Doherty (four).

4 – The full-back also made four clearances – a number only bettered by Davinson Sanchez (five).

5 – No player on the pitch won more aerial duels than Matt (five).

99 – No player on the pitch had more touches of the ball than the Irishman (99).

Other notable numbers

1 - We finished the season having lost just one of our last five away matches (W2 D2).

1 – We have lost just one of our last 11 final day outings in the Premier League, winning eight and drawing two.

8 – Our victory at Leicester was our eighth Premier League away win of the season – double the number of games that we won on the road last season (4).

38 – Hugo Lloris and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg have played every minute of our Premier League campaign this term.

200 – Toby Alderweireld made his 200^th career appearance in the Premier League.