2 - 1

Full time

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunday 10 August 2025 · 16:30 · HT 0-1 · King Power Stadium, Leicester · Referee Matt Donohue

Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a Championship game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

Overview

Lineups

Form

Table

Match stats

Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday, full match

75%

Possession

25%

2.54

Expected goals (xG)

0.62

27

Shots

7

13

Shots on target

3

13

Corners

3

6

Fouls

13

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

1

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

26'

Goal

Nathaniel Chalobah SHE

54'

Goal

Jannik Vestergaard LEI

71'

Yellow card

Barry Bannan SHE

76'

Second yellow

Barry Bannan SHE

87'

Goal

Wout Faes LEI

Lineups

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Leicester City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jakub Stolarczyk

DEFENDERS

5

33

MIDFIELDERS

FORWARDS

Abdul Fatawu Issahaku

SUBSTITUTES

4

25

Sheffield Wednesday

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Pierce Charles

DEFENDERS

2

3

7

22

MIDFIELDERS

10

Barry Bannan

Svante Ingelsson

Nathaniel Chalobah

FORWARDS

9

SUBSTITUTES

14

Referee: Matt Donohue

25 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.1

Red cards per game

0.12

Fouls per game

23.3

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.28

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Form

Home / Away

All games

Leicester City

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Sheffield Wednesday

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry City

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich Town

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby County

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich City

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham City

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea City

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield United

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston North End

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

Queens Park Rangers

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Bromwich Albion

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton Athletic

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester City

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn Rovers

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford United

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wednesday

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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