Leicester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Championship · Monday 5 January 2026
Result
Leicester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Championship · Monday 5 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leicester City · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions
Leicester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Leicester City won against West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 5 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jordan Ayew opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jordan Ayew (18') and Issahaku Fatawu (90+4'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Karlan Laughton Ahearne-Grant (34').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 34 points from 25 and West Bromwich Albion 18th on 31 points from 25. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and West Bromwich Albion 19th with 53.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jakub Stolarczyk of Leicester City (8.0), level with Alex Mowatt (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 34'Goal · Karlan Laughton Ahearne-Grant
- 77'Yellow card · Hamza Choudhury
- 90+4'Goal · Issahaku Fatawu
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Jordan James, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jeremy Monga, Jordan Ayew
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Griffiths, George Campbell, Nat Phillips, Chris Mepham, Callum Styles, Jayson Molumby, Alex Mowatt, Isaac Price, Mikey Johnston, Karlan Grant, Aune Heggebø