Leicester City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · King Power Stadium, Leicester · half-time 1-0

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Leicester City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Leicester City won against Doncaster Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 October 2026 at King Power Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John Lundstram opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leicester City's goals came from John Lundstram (45+1') and Kamari Doyle (61'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Warren O'Hora (84').

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 17th on 9 points from 8 and Doncaster Rovers 16th on 9 points from 8. In the current table Leicester City are 10th on 19 points and Doncaster Rovers are 20th on 12 points.

Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Jonathan Thomas of Leicester City (7.8), ahead of Kamari Doyle (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Luke Jonathan ThomasLeicester City
  • 45+1'Goal · John LundstramLeicester City · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Alfie MayDoncaster Rovers
  • 59'Yellow card · Jay McGrathDoncaster Rovers
  • 61'Goal · Kamari DoyleLeicester City · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Leon AyindeDoncaster Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Warren O'HoraDoncaster Rovers · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Leicester City135442219+319WWLWD
20Doncaster Rovers133371422-812LLWLL

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Head-to-head

8 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 2, Doncaster Rovers 2.

Team news

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Leicester City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Warren O'Hora, Harry James Souttar, Memeh Caleb Okoli, William Thomas Alves, John Lundstram, Louis Page, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, Kamari Doyle, Emil Riis

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

Tommy James Simkin, Seán Grehan, Neill Byrne, Jay McGrath, Leon Ayinde, Robbie Gotts, George Broadbent, Tom Nixon, Owen Bailey, Isaac Hutchinson, Alfie May

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