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

· English League Championship

Leicester City

53': Stephy Mavididi
83': Jordan James

FT
2 - 3

Sheffield United

2': Thomas Cannon
4': Jairo Riedewald
32': Sydie Peck

About

Leicester City are hosting Sheffield United at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, 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.
1': Attempt blocked. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
2': Goal! Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 1. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
4': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Wout Faes.
4': Attempt blocked. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
4': Goal! Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 2. Jairo Riedewald (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum O'Hare following a corner.
6': Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
9': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
10': Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
11': Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
11': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
11': Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
18': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
19': Attempt blocked. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross.
23': Offside, Sheffield United. Tyrese Campbell is caught offside.
25': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
25': Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United).
30': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
31': Foul by Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United).
31': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Abdul Fatawu.
32': Goal! Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 3. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
35': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Wout Faes.
35': Attempt missed. Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
44': Foul by Andre Brooks (Sheffield United).
44': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Attempt blocked. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andre Brooks.
45': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Harry Winks.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Wout Faes (Leicester City).
45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+3': Attempt missed. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
45'+4': First Half ends, Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 3.
45': Second Half begins Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 3.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Harry Winks.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Patson Daka.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Oliver Skipp replaces Wout Faes because of an injury.
47': Attempt missed. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Femi Seriki with a cross.
48': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
48': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Harrison Burrows.
49': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
49': Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
50': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
51': Handball by Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United).
53': Goal! Leicester City 1, Sheffield United 3. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
57': Delay in match because of an injury Jordan James (Leicester City).
58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
59': Attempt blocked. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu.
60': Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
61': Attempt blocked. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
61': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jairo Riedewald.
61': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James with a cross.
61': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Japhet Tanganga.
62': Foul by Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United).
62': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
64': Substitution, Sheffield United. Patrick Bamford replaces Tyrese Campbell.
65': Substitution, Sheffield United. Djibril Soumaré replaces Jairo Riedewald.
65': Substitution, Sheffield United. Gustavo Hamer replaces Thomas Cannon.
66': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Thomas.
66': Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
68': Attempt saved. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United). Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
68': Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
68': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Sheffield United. Sam McCallum replaces Harrison Burrows.
74': Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Sheffield United).
74': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
75': Sam McCallum (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Delay in match because of an injury Michael Cooper (Sheffield United).
79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Attempt missed. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
80': Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
81': Substitution, Sheffield United. Mark McGuinness replaces Andre Brooks.
81': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
81': Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
82': Attempt blocked. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Hare with a cross.
82': Foul by Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United).
82': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Goal! Leicester City 2, Sheffield United 3. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Boubakary Soumaré.
85': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Femi Seriki.
86': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
87': Foul by Jeremy Monga (Leicester City).
87': Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
89': Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Jordan James (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Attempt missed. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
90': Foul by Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United).
90': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Sam McCallum (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
90'+2': Foul by Sydie Peck (Sheffield United).
90'+2': Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
90'+4': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Leicester City 2, Sheffield United 3.
0': Match ends, Leicester City 2, Sheffield United 3.

Statistics

SHU		LEI
9	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
9	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	0
30.6	Possession	69.4
13	SHOTS	15
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
165	Accurate Passes	489
246	Passes	580
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	7
18	Crosses	22
0.3	Cross %	0.3
62	Long Balls	54
18	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
5	Blocked Shots	10
9	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
11	Interceptions	5
26	Effective Clearances	26
26	Clearances	26

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 28,834

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Coventry City	18	+32	43
2	Middlesbrough	18	+5	33
3	Millwall	18	-3	31
4	Stoke City	18	+12	30

Full Table

Line-Ups

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Asmir Begovic (GK)
23	Jannik Vestergaard
3	Wout Faes
33	Luke Thomas
21	Ricardo Pereira
14	Bobby De Cordova-Reid
8	Harry Winks
6	Jordan James
20	Patson Daka
10	Stephy Mavididi
7	Fatawu Issahaku

Leicester City Substitutes:

Louis Page, Oliver Skipp, Jeremy Monga, Boubakary Soumaré, Jordan Ayew, Julián Carranza, Hamza Choudhury, Silko Thomas, Fran Vieites.

Sheffield United (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Michael Cooper (GK)
15	Ben Mee
2	Japhet Tanganga
14	Harrison Burrows
38	Femi Seriki
44	Jairo Riedewald
42	Sydie Peck
10	Callum O'Hare
11	Andre Brooks
23	Tyrese Campbell
7	Thomas Cannon

Sheffield United Substitutes:

Patrick Bamford, Mark McGuinness, Danny Ings, Alex Matos, Tahith Chong, Gustavo Hamer, Adam Rhys Davies, Djibril Soumaré, Sam McCallum.

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