Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2009

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield United: match report

Leicester City defeated Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Michael Morrison opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Michael Morrison (25') and Matt Fryatt (35', penalty). Sheffield United scored through Henri Camara (47').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 7th on 34 points from 21 and Sheffield United 11th on 32 points from 22. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Sheffield United 8th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 3 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Sheffield United's D-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Michael MorrisonLeicester City · 1-0
  • 35'Penalty goal · Matt FryattLeicester City · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Henri CamaraSheffield United · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 1, Sheffield United 3.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge