Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Sunday 10 August 2025
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Sunday 10 August 2025, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Leicester City won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 10 August 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nathaniel Chalobah opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jannik Vestergaard (54') and Wout Faes (87'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Nathaniel Chalobah (26').
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 24th with 18.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierce Charles of Sheffield Wednesday (8.6), ahead of Bilal El Khannouss (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Nathaniel Chalobah
- 54'Goal · Jannik Vestergaard
- 71'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 76'Second yellow · Barry Bannan
- 87'Goal · Wout Faes
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, James Justin, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Oliver Skipp, Boubakary Soumaré, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bilal El Khannouss, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jordan Ayew
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (5-3-2)
Pierce Charles, Yan Valery, Gabriel Otegbayo, Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe, Liam Palmer, Nathaniel Chalobah, Barry Bannan, Svante Ingelsson, Jamal Lowe, Bailey Cadamarteri