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Leicester City vs Middlesbrough
4 Nov 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Adam HerczegChampionship 2025/2026 · 23 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Leicester CityMin
Middlesbrough- ⚽
Jordan Ayew 1-0
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
45+4′ - ⇄
Steve Potts
Substitution
Off: Jakub Stolarczyk
46′ Issahaku Fatawu
Yellowcard
Foul
49′Jordan James
Yellowcard
49′Jordan Ayew
Yellowcard
59′- ⇄
Patson Daka
Substitution
Off: Julián Carranza
61′ - 63′⇄
Riley McGree
Substitution
Off: David Strelec
- 63′⇄
Sverre Nypan
Substitution
Off: Delano Burgzorg
Oliver Skipp
Yellowcard
67′- ⇄
Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Substitution
Off: Jordan James
69′ Luke Thomas
Yellowcard
69′- 75′⇄
Kaly Sène
Substitution
Off: Hayden Hackney
- ⇄
Hamza Choudhury
Substitution
Off: Oliver Skipp
85′ - 85′⇄
Sontje Hansen
Substitution
Off: Morgan Whittaker
- ⇄
Stephy Mavididi
Substitution
Off: Issahaku Fatawu
85′ - 85′⇄
Sam Silvera
Substitution
Off: Matt Targett
- 90′
Alfie Jones
Redcard
Leicester City
Yellowcard
Foul
90+3′Patson Daka
Yellowcard
90+3′- 90+6′⚽
Luke Ayling 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Callum Brittain
Header
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.78 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 6.95 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.68 | |
| 85 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.16 | |
| 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.33 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 7.12 | |
| 61 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.63 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.58 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.27 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.48 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Leicester City
Latest: Blackburn Rovers · 0–2
Match stats
1 Nov 2025, 12:30 · Home vs Blackburn Rovers · 2025/2026
Middlesbrough
Latest: Watford · 0–3
Match stats
1 Nov 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Watford · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Leicester City’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Leicester City’s home games with Middlesbrough’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
Middlesbrough
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Leicester City
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Leicester City
Middlesbrough
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
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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