English League Championship

Swansea City vs Leicester City, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Swansea City
  • 70': Adam Idah (P)
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1 - 3
Leicester City
  • 13': Jordan James
  • 77': Fatawu Issahaku
  • 85': Jannik Vestergaard

About

Swansea City are hosting Leicester City at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Liam Cullen (Swansea City).
  • 6': Offside, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu is caught offside.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Josh Tymon.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Ronald (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Liam Cullen.
  • 11': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Foul by Josh Tymon (Swansea City).
  • 11': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 11': Ronald (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Gonçalo Franco.
  • 13': Goal! Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Winks with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 21': Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patson Daka.
  • 24': Foul by Liam Cullen (Swansea City).
  • 24': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Josh Tymon (Swansea City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung.
  • 27': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jakub Stolarczyk.
  • 29': Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
  • 29': Liam Cullen (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Offside, Swansea City. Ronald is caught offside.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Liam Cullen (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zan Vipotnik.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 33': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Liam Cullen.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 34': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 34': Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 36': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  • 36': Josh Tymon (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Ben Cabango (Swansea City) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Key with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 41': Offside, Swansea City. Ronald is caught offside.
  • 44': Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
  • 44': Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Ronald (Swansea City).
  • 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Wout Faes (Leicester City).
  • 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Cullen.
  • 48': Foul by Jeremy Monga (Leicester City).
  • 48': Joshua Key (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung with a cross.
  • 50': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 50': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Offside, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid is caught offside.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City). Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Ronald.
  • 56': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Wout Faes.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung with a cross following a corner.
  • 58': Substitution, Leicester City. Aaron Ramsey replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 59': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 59': Ronald (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City).
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Aaron Ramsey (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Winks.
  • 62': Foul by Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City).
  • 62': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 63': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
  • 64': Jordan James (Leicester City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 65': Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
  • 65': Substitution, Swansea City. Adam Idah replaces Zan Vipotnik.
  • 65': Substitution, Swansea City. Zeidane Inoussa replaces Eom Ji-Sung.
  • 66': Substitution, Swansea City. Ethan Galbraith replaces Liam Cullen.
  • 68': Offside, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga is caught offside.
  • 68': Penalty Swansea City. Ethan Galbraith draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 68': Penalty conceded by Wout Faes (Leicester City) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 70': Goal! Swansea City 1, Leicester City 1. Adam Idah (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu.
  • 71': Foul by Ben Cabango (Swansea City).
  • 71': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 76': Ronald (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Goal! Swansea City 1, Leicester City 2. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 80': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) hits the bar with a left footed shot from more than 35 yards.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Patson Daka (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City).
  • 80': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
  • 81': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Joshua Key.
  • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City).
  • 82': Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 83': Substitution, Swansea City. Manuel Benson replaces Ronald.
  • 83': Substitution, Swansea City. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Gonçalo Franco.
  • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Foul by Joshua Key (Swansea City).
  • 84': Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 85': Goal! Swansea City 1, Leicester City 3. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 86': Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Jordan James.
  • 86': Substitution, Leicester City. Julián Carranza replaces Jeremy Monga.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Julián Carranza (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City).
  • 88': Attempt saved. Julián Carranza (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City).
  • 90': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Zeidane Inoussa (Swansea City).
  • 90': Substitution, Leicester City. Silko-Amari Thomas replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Leicester City. Caleb Okoli replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Julián Carranza (Leicester City).
  • 90'+4': Manuel Benson (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Silko-Amari Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 90'+5': Zeidane Inoussa (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Attempt saved. Josh Tymon (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City).
  • 90'+8': Attempt missed. Ben Cabango (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cameron Burgess.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Leicester City 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Swansea City 1, Leicester City 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 2
6 Saves 4
45.1 Possession 54.9
17 SHOTS 13
7 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
344 Accurate Passes 433
413 Passes 500
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 4
12 Crosses 17
0.1 Cross % 0.2
42 Long Balls 55
20 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 2
13 Effective Tackles 13
18 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 12
34 Effective Clearances 26
34 Clearances 26

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 16,601

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 9 +20 19
2 Middlesbrough 9 +6 18
3 Leicester City 9 +5 16
4 Preston North End 9 +4 16
Full Table

Line-Ups

SWA Swansea City (4-4-2)

No. Name
22 Lawrence Vigouroux (GK)
15 Cameron Burgess Yellow Card
5 Ben Cabango Yellow Card
14 Josh Tymon
2 Joshua Key
6 Marko Stamenic
17 Gonçalo Franco
10 Eom Ji-Sung
35 Ronald
20 Liam Cullen
9 Zan Vipotnik
Swansea City Substitutes:
Ishé Samuels-Smith, Andrew Fisher, Malick Yalcouyé, Adam Idah, Benson Manuel, Jay Fulton, Kaelan Casey, Ethan Galbraith, Zeidane Inoussa.

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
23 Jannik Vestergaard
3 Wout Faes
33 Luke Thomas Yellow Card
21 Ricardo Pereira
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid
8 Harry Winks
6 Jordan James
20 Patson Daka
28 Jeremy Monga
7 Fatawu Issahaku
Leicester City Substitutes:
Boubakary Soumaré, Silko Thomas, Caleb Okoli, Oliver Skipp, Jordan Ayew, Asmir Begovic, Aaron Ramsey, Hamza Choudhury, Julián Carranza.

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