Southampton 1-4 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Friday 15 September 2023

Result

Southampton 1-4 Leicester City

Championship · Friday 15 September 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Southampton 1-4 Leicester City: match report

Southampton lost to Leicester City 1-4 in the Championship on Friday 15 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-3.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Southampton's goal came from Samuel Edozie (25'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (1'), Kasey McAteer (18'), Wilfred Ndidi (45+3') and Stephy Mavididi (67').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Leicester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 7th on 10 points from 5 and Leicester City 3rd on 12 points from 5. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Leicester City 1st with 97.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mads Hermansen of Leicester City (8.5), level with Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 3 draws and 3 for Leicester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

1'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
18'Goal · Kasey McAteerLeicester City · 0-2
25'Goal · Samuel EdozieSouthampton · 1-2
32'Yellow card · Will SmallboneSouthampton
33'Yellow card · Enzo MarescaLeicester City
39'Yellow card · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City
45+3'Goal · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City · 1-3
51'Yellow card · Harry WinksLeicester City
67'Goal · Stephy MavididiLeicester City · 1-4
73'Yellow card · Abdul Fatawu IssahakuLeicester City
73'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSouthampton
90+2'Yellow card · Yunus AkgünLeicester City
90+7'Red card · Kamaldeen SulemanaSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 3, Leicester City 3.

Southampton 1-0 Leicester CityPremier League · 4 Mar 2023
Leicester City 1-2 SouthamptonPremier League · 20 Aug 2022
Leicester City 4-1 SouthamptonPremier League · 22 May 2022
Southampton 2-2 Leicester CityPremier League · 1 Dec 2021
Southampton 1-1 Leicester CityPremier League · 30 Apr 2021
Leicester City 2-0 SouthamptonPremier League · 16 Jan 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Juan LariosSouthampton · injury (Unknown Injury)
Ross StewartSouthampton · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Shea Charles, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning, Samuel Edozie, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Ryan Fraser, Ché Adams, Adam Armstrong

Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)

Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard, Callum Doyle, Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kasey McAteer, Jamie Vardy, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi