Coventry vs Leicester

Championship · Jan 17, 2026 · 12:30

Final score: Coventry 2–1 Leicester

Standings

• Coventry: #1 · 95 Pts · 46 P (28W 11D 7L)
• Leicester: #23 · 46 Pts · 46 P (12W 16D 18L)

Recent form

Coventry

• L Jan 10, 2026: Stoke City 1–0 Coventry
• L Jan 4, 2026: Birmingham 3–2 Coventry
• D Jan 1, 2026: Charlton 1–1 Coventry
• L Dec 29, 2025: Coventry 0–2 Ipswich
• W Dec 26, 2025: Coventry 1–0 Swansea

Leicester

• W Jan 10, 2026: Cheltenham 0–2 Leicester
• W Jan 5, 2026: Leicester 2–1 West Brom
• L Jan 1, 2026: Sheffield Utd 3–1 Leicester
• W Dec 29, 2025: Leicester 2–1 Derby
• L Dec 26, 2025: Leicester 1–2 Watford

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-17T12:30:00+00:00: Coventry 2–1 Leicester
• 2025-09-20T11:30:00+00:00: Leicester 0–0 Coventry
• 2024-01-13T12:30:00+00:00: Coventry 3–1 Leicester
• 2023-08-06T11:00:00+00:00: Leicester 2–1 Coventry
• 2012-03-03T15:00:00+00:00: Leicester 2–0 Coventry

Match events

• 10' Goal Normal Goal — J. James (Leicester) (assists: B. De Cordova-Reid)
• 47' Goal Normal Goal — E. Simms (Coventry) (assists: J. Rudoni)
• 67' subst Substitution 1 — R. Esse (Coventry) (assists: T. Sakamoto)
• 67' subst Substitution 2 — E. Simms (Coventry) (assists: H. Wright)
• 70' subst Substitution 1 — B. De Cordova-Reid (Leicester) (assists: L. Page)
• 70' subst Substitution 2 — J. Ayew (Leicester) (assists: P. Daka)
• 72' subst Substitution 3 — V. Torp (Coventry) (assists: J. Eccles)
• 79' subst Substitution 3 — S. Mavididi (Leicester) (assists: J. Monga)
• 83' subst Substitution 4 — J. Rudoni (Coventry) (assists: B. Thomas-Asante)
• 85' Card Yellow Card — Jeremy Monga (Leicester)
• 85' Goal Normal Goal — H. Wright (Coventry)
• 88' Card Yellow Card — Caleb Okoli (Leicester)
• 90'+7 Card Yellow Card — Jay Dasilva (Coventry)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Silko Thomas (Leicester)
• 90'+3 Card Yellow Card — Jordan James (Leicester)
• 90'+1 subst Substitution 4 — O. Skipp (Leicester) (assists: B. Soumare)
• 90'+1 subst Substitution 5 — R. Pereira (Leicester) (assists: S. Thomas)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 6 — 6
• Shots off Goal: 9 — 5
• Total Shots: 19 — 14
• Blocked Shots: 4 — 3
• Shots insidebox: 13 — 10
• Shots outsidebox: 6 — 4
• Fouls: 8 — 14
• Corner Kicks: 5 — 3
• Offsides: 3 — 1
• Ball Possession: 51% — 49%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 4
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 5 — 3
• Total passes: 401 — 397
• Passes accurate: 333 — 327
• Passes %: 83% — 82%
• expected_goals: 2.45 — 1.41
• goals_prevented: 0.34 — 0.34

Injuries

Coventry

• O. Dovin — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• K. Kesler-Hayden — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• B. Thomas — Red Card (Missing Fixture)

Leicester

• V. Kristiansen — Knock (Missing Fixture)
• A. Ramsey — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• H. Souttar — Achilles Tendon Injury (Missing Fixture)
• H. Winks — Injury (Questionable)