Leicester vs Sheffield Wednesday
Ref: M. DonohueKing Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicestershire · 34,310 cap
Match recap
Leicester beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in their Championship fixture. Vestergaard and Faes scored for Leicester; Chalobah replied for Sheffield Wednesday. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.54 for Leicester versus 0.62 for Sheffield Wednesday. Leicester sit 23rd in the Championship table while Sheffield Wednesday are 24th.
First Half
26'
⚽
Chalobah
32'
⇄
Chalobah
Second Half
⇄
Skipp
⚽
Vestergaard
Assist: El Khannouss
⇄
Okoli
70'
⇄
Valery
⇄
Mavididi
71'
Bannan
Yellow Card
76'
Bannan
Red Card
76'
Bannan
Yellow Card
⇄
Fatawu
⇄
Justin
⚽
Faes
Assist: El Khannouss
90+5'
⇄
Otegbayo
90+5'
⇄
Lowe
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 22 |  Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 47 |
| 23 |  Leicester | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 46 |
| 24 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 2 | 12 | 32 | -60 | 0 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
LeicesterSheffield Wednesday
15Won
Statistical edge
15–1
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.54VS0.62
Attack6 · 0 won
27
Shots
7
13
Shots on target
3
10
Shots in the box
7
17
Shots outside box
0
9
Shots off goal
3
13
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
75%
Possession
25%
476
Total passes
162
431
Accurate passes
99
91%
Pass accuracy
61%
Discipline4 · 0 won
6
Fouls
13
0
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
1
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
11
5
Blocked shots
1
0.90
Goals prevented
0.90
Leicester
4-2-3-1
Sheffield Wednesday
5-3-2Leicester
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1J. StolarczykG
- 2J. JustinD
- 5C. OkoliD
- 7A. FatawuM
- 9J. AyewF
- 10S. MavididiM
- 11B. El KhannoussM
- 22O. SkippM
- 23J. VestergaardD
- 24B. SoumaréM
- 33L. ThomasD
Substitutes
- 3W. FaesD
- 4B. NelsonD
- 8H. WinksM
- 17H. ChoudhuryM
- 20P. DakaF
- 25L. PageM
- 28J. MongaM
- 31A. BegovićG
- 35K. McAteerM
Sheffield Wednesday
5-3-2Starting XI
- 1P. CharlesG
- 2L. PalmerD
- 3M. LoweD
- 6D. IorfaD
- 7Y. ValeryD
- 8S. IngelssonM
- 9J. LoweF
- 10B. BannanM
- 14N. ChalobahM
- 18B. CadamarteriF
- 22G. OtegbayoD
Substitutes
- 4S. FusireM
- 11I. UgboF
- 17C. McNeillF
- 19O. KobackiF
- 20R. ShipstonM
- 23Guilherme Leal SiqueiraD
- 25Logan StretchG
- 27Reece JohnsonD
- 36Bruno FernandesM
Leicester
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jannik Vestergaard | D | 90 | 8.5 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bilal El Khannouss | M | 90 | 8.3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3/3 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | M | 78 | 7.3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6/12 |
| Jordan Ayew | F | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2/2 |
| Jakub Stolarczyk | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caleb Okoli | D | 70 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oliver Skipp | M | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Stephy Mavididi | M | 70 | 6.6 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3/5 |
| James Justin(C) | D | 78 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Luke Thomas | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Boubakary Soumaré | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Benjamin Nelson | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louis Page | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamza Choudhury | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Asmir Begović | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wout Faes | D | 20 | 8.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeremy Monga | M | 20 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Harry Winks | M | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Kasey McAteer | M | 12 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Patson Daka | F | 12 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Sheffield Wednesday
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Charles | G | 90 | 8.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nathaniel Chalobah | M | 32 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Dominic Iorfa | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bailey Cadamarteri | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Liam Palmer | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svante Ingelsson | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Jamal Lowe | F | 89 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Yan Valery | D | 70 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 |
| Barry Bannan(C) | M | 76 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Max Lowe | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Otegbayo | D | 89 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Logan Stretch | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bruno Fernandes | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reece Johnson | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gui Siqueira | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rio Shipston | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charlie McNeill | F | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ike Ugbo | F | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olaf Kobacki | F | 20 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Sean Fusire | M | 58 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |