Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 May 2024

Result

Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Leicester City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 May 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sammie Szmodics opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Leicester City did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Sammie Szmodics (68') and Sammie Szmodics (90+4').

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 1st on 97 points from 45 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 50 points from 45. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers (9.1), ahead of Harry Winks (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · A. FatawuLeicester City
  • 58'Yellow card · J. JustinLeicester City
  • 68'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · J. Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 0-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Leicester City 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

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Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)

Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Jannik Vestergaard, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Ricardo Pereira, Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Jamie Vardy, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Kyle McFadzean, Harry Pickering, Callum Brittain, Sondre Tronstad, Joe Rankin-Costello, Ben Chrisene, Sammie Szmodics, Sam Gallagher, Tyrhys Dolan