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Leicester City vs Derby County
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Gavin WardChampionship 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Leicester CityMin
Derby County- ⚽
Bobby De Cordova-Reid 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Issahaku Fatawu
Right foot shot
6′ - 9′⚽
Rhian Brewster 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Callum Elder
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Jordan James 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Luke Thomas
Right foot shot
41′ - ⇄
Ricardo Pereira
Substitution
Off: Hamza Choudhury
51′ - ⇄
Aaron Ramsey
Substitution
Off: Bobby De Cordova-Reid
65′ - ⇄
Silko Thomas
Substitution
Off: Jordan Ayew
65′ - 67′⇄
Lars-Jørgen Salvesen
Substitution
Off: Ben Brereton Díaz
- 67′⇄
Corey Blackett-Taylor
Substitution
Off: Rhian Brewster
- ⇄
Jeremy Monga
Substitution
Off: Issahaku Fatawu
69′ - ⇄
Louis Page
Substitution
Off: Aaron Ramsey
69′ - 73′⇄
Andreas Weimann
Substitution
Off: Bobby Clark
Jordan James
Yellowcard
Foul
83′- 89′⇄
Kayden Jackson
Substitution
Off: Callum Elder
- 89′⇄
Lewis Travis
Substitution
Off: Ebou Adams
- 90+6′
Kayden Jackson
Yellowcard
Argument
- 90+6′
Liam Thompson
Yellowcard
Foul
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.50 | |
| 51 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 6.95 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.89 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.97 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.19 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.06 | |
| 69 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.84 | |
| 65 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.37 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 6.49 | |
| 65 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.71 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.10 | |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.55 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Leicester City
Latest: Watford · 1–2
Match stats
26 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Watford · 2025/2026
Derby County
Latest: Birmingham City · 1–1
Match stats
26 Dec 2025, 12:30 · Away vs Birmingham City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Leicester City’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Leicester City’s home games with Derby County’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.
Leicester City
Yellow cards
Tackles
Derby County
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Leicester City
Derby County
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Leicester City
Derby County
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.
Leicester City
Derby County
Previous meetings
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