Sheffield United 3-1 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026
Result
Sheffield United 3-1 Leicester City
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Sheffield United 3-1 Leicester City: match report
Sheffield United won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Japhet Tanganga opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Japhet Tanganga (36'), Tom Cannon (52') and Callum O'Hare (88'). Leicester City scored through Jordan James (90+2').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 18th on 29 points from 24 and Leicester City 13th on 34 points from 24. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.
Sheffield United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Djibril Soumaré of Sheffield United (7.9), ahead of Jordan James (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 2 draws and 7 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Issahaku Fatawu
- 36'Goal · Japhet Tanganga
- 52'Goal · Tom Cannon
- 65'Yellow card · Stephy Mavididi
- 84'Yellow card · Femi Seriki
- 88'Goal · Callum O'Hare
- 90+2'Goal · Jordan James
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)
Michael Cooper, Femi Seriki, Japhet Tanganga, Tyler Bindon, Sam McCallum, Andre Brooks, Jaïro Riedewald, Djibril Soumaré, Callum O'Hare, Tom Cannon, Patrick Bamford
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Jordan James, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Silko Thomas