Leicester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 October 2026

Result

Leicester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic

League One · Tuesday 27 October 2026, 19:45 UTC · King Power Stadium, Leicester · half-time 1-0

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Leicester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Leicester City defeated Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the League One on Tuesday 27 October 2026 at King Power Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Emil Riis (17'), Emil Riis (67') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (90+2', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 13th on 15 points from 11 and Wigan Athletic 24th on 7 points from 11. In the current table Leicester City are 10th on 19 points and Wigan Athletic are 21st on 11 points.

Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Leicester City (8.6), ahead of Memeh Caleb Okoli (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Reggie WalshWigan Athletic
  • 6'Yellow card · Will SmallboneLeicester City
  • 9'Yellow card · Jeremiah Chukwuedo Chilokoa-MullenWigan Athletic
  • 17'Goal · Emil RiisLeicester City · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · K'Marni MillerWigan Athletic
  • 40'Yellow card · Memeh Caleb OkoliLeicester City
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Luke Jonathan ThomasLeicester City
  • 48'Yellow card · Warren O'HoraLeicester City
  • 61'Yellow card · Finley BurnsWigan Athletic
  • 67'Goal · Emil RiisLeicester City · 2-0
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Bobby De Cordova-ReidLeicester City · 3-0

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Leicester City135442219+319WWLWD
21Wigan Athletic143291122-1111LLLWD

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 0.

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, Will Smallbone, Louis Page, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Conor Mark Chaplin, Kamari Doyle, Emil Riis

Wigan Athletic line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Whitworth, Connor Barrett, Jeremiah Chukwuedo Chilokoa-Mullen, James Carragher, Finley Burns, K'Marni Miller, Jensen Weir, Reggie Walsh, Bradley Burrowes, Dara Costelloe, Scott Hogan

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