2 LEI
Leicester
1 SHE
Sheffield Wednesday
LEI 2
1 SHE

Leicester
-
Sheffield Wednesday

Championship, Round 1
Sunday, August 10, 2025 4:30 PM
King Power Stadium

Result

2-1

Match Recap

1H
Nathaniel Chalobah 26'
2H
Jannik Vestergaard 54'
Barry Bannan 76'
Wout Faes 87'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Fourth Substitution
90+5'
Third Substitution
90+5'
Goal
87'
Fifth Substitution
78'
Fourth Substitution
78'
Red Card
76'
Yellow Card
76'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
71'
Yellow Card
Second Substitution
70'
Third Substitution
70'
Second Substitution
70'
Goal
54'
First Substitution
46'

First Half 0 - 1

First Substitution
33'
Goal
26'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

75%
25%

Total Shots

27
7

Shots on Goal

12
3

Corners

12
3

Expected Goals (xG)

2.28
0.55

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 1
Date August 10, 2025
Time 16:30
Venue King Power Stadium
Result 2 - 1

Lineups

Leicester
Jakub Stolarczyk
1. J. Stolarczyk
James Justin
2. J. Justin
C. Okoli
5. C. Okoli
Denmark
Jannik Vestergaard
23. J. Vestergaard
England
Luke Thomas
33. L. Thomas
Oliver Skipp
22. O. Skipp
France
Boubakary Soumaré
24. B. Soumaré
I. Fatawu
7. I. Fatawu
Morocco
Bilal El Khannouss
11. B. E. Khannouss
Stephy Mavididi
10. S. Mavididi
J. Ayew
9. J. Ayew
B. Cadamarteri
18. B. Cadamarteri
J. Lowe
9. J. Lowe
S. Ingelsson
8. S. Ingelsson
Barry Bannan
10. B. Bannan
Nathaniel Chalobah
14. N. Chalobah
Liam Palmer
2. L. Palmer
M. Lowe
3. M. Lowe
Dominic Iorfa
6. D. Iorfa
Gabriel Otegbayo
22. G. Otegbayo
Yan Valery
7. Y. Valery
Northern Ireland
Pierce Charles
1. P. Charles
Sheffield Wednesday

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

February 13, 2024

FT
2
0
Leicester
Leicester
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday

November 29, 2023

FT
1
1
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester
Leicester

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

April 6, 2026

15:00
-
-
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester
Leicester

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		39 41 80
2
Millwall
Millwall 		40 10 72

Promotion Playoffs

3
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		40 21 71
4
Ipswich
Ipswich 		38 28 69
5
Hull City
Hull City 		40 5 67
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		40 9 64
7
Southampton
Southampton 		39 15 63
8
Derby
Derby 		39 8 60
9
Watford
Watford 		40 3 56
10
QPR
QPR 		40 -5 56
11
Norwich
Norwich 		40 6 55
12
Stoke City
Stoke City 		40 5 54
13
Bristol City
Bristol City 		40 0 54
14
Birmingham
Birmingham 		40 -2 53
15
Preston
Preston 		40 -4 53
16
Swansea
Swansea 		40 -5 53
17
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		40 0 51
18
Charlton
Charlton 		40 -11 48
19
Blackburn
Blackburn 		40 -12 46
20
West Brom
West Brom 		40 -14 44
21
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		39 -17 41

Relegation

22
Leicester
Leicester 		40 -9 40
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		40 -15 40
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		40 -57 -6