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Coventry City vs Leicester City
17 Jan 2026, 12:30 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Lewis SmithChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Coventry CityMin
Leicester City- 10′⚽
Jordan James 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Ellis Simms 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Jack Rudoni
Left foot shot
47′ - ⇄
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
Substitution
Off: Romain Esse
67′ - ⇄
Haji Wright
Substitution
Off: Ellis Simms
67′ - 70′⇄
Patson Daka
Substitution
Off: Jordan Ayew
- 70′⇄
Louis Page
Substitution
Off: Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- ⇄
Josh Eccles
Substitution
Off: Victor Torp
72′ - 79′⇄
Jeremy Monga
Substitution
Off: Stephy Mavididi
- ⇄
Brandon Thomas-Asante
Substitution
Off: Jack Rudoni
83′ - 85′
Jeremy Monga
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Haji Wright 2-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
85′ - 88′
Caleb Okoli
Yellowcard
Argument
- 90+1′⇄
Boubakary Soumaré
Substitution
Off: Oliver Skipp
- 90+1′⇄
Silko Thomas
Substitution
Off: Ricardo Pereira
- 90+3′
Jordan James
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90+5′
Silko Thomas
Yellowcard
Argument
Jay Dasilva
Yellowcard
Foul
90+7′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7.55 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.72 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.62 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 7.11 | |
| 72 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.75 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.93 | |
| 67 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.89 | |
| 83 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 7.07 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 7.07 | |
| 67 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 7.16 | |
| 23 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.51 | |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.46 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 7.83 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Coventry City
Latest: Ipswich Town · 0–2
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 18:00 · Home vs Ipswich Town · 2025/2026
Leicester City
Latest: Sheffield United · 1–3
Match stats
1 Jan 2026, 17:30 · Away vs Sheffield United · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Coventry City’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Coventry City’s home games with Leicester City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Coventry City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Leicester City
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Coventry City
Leicester City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Coventry City
Leicester City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Coventry City
Leicester City
Previous meetings
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