Leicester vs Wigan — League One

League One Tue, 27 Oct 2026 Finished
Leicester Leicester
3 0
Finished
Wigan Wigan

Match facts

Kick-off
Tue 27 Oct, 21:45 UTC
Competition
League One · England
Round
Regular Season - 8
Stadium
King Power Stadium, Leicester

Key events

Leicester Timeline Wigan
  1. 4'

    Reggie Walsh

    Yellow card

  2. Will Smallbone

    Yellow card

    6'
  3. 9'

    Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen

    Yellow card

  4. Emil Riis Jakobsen

    Goal scored

    17'
  5. 28'

    K'Marni Miller

    Yellow card

  6. 32'

    Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen

    Morgan Fox

  7. Caleb Okoli

    Yellow card

    40'
  8. Luke Thomas

    Yellow card

    45+1'
  9. Warren O'Hora

    Yellow card

    48'
  10. 58'

    Dara James Morgan Costelloe

    Chris Sze

  11. Conor Chaplin

    Liam Cullen

    60'
  12. Will Smallbone

    Samuel Charles Braybrooke

    61'
  13. 61'

    Finley Burns

    Yellow card

  14. Emil Riis Jakobsen

    Luke Thomas

    67'
  15. 68'

    Scott Hogan

    Christian Saydee

  16. 68'

    K'Marni Miller

    Jon Mellish

  17. 69'

    Finley Burns

    A. Higgins

  18. William Thomas-Alves

    Wes Burns

    76'
  19. Emil Riis Jakobsen

    Bobby Reid

    84'
  20. Louis Page

    Ilari Kangasniemi

    84'
  21. Bobby Reid

    Penalty kick

    90+2'

Lineups

Leicester 3-4-2-1

Starting lineup

  • 29 A. McCarthy G
  • 16 W. O'Hora D
  • 15 H. Souttar D
  • 5 C. Okoli D
  • 37 W. Alves M
  • 12 W. Smallbone M
  • 25 L. Page M
  • 33 L. Thomas M
  • 8 C. Chaplin M
  • 27 K. Doyle M
  • 17 E. Riis F

Substitute players

  • 21 F. Ravizzoli G
  • 24 I. Kangasniemi D
  • 20 H. Howell F
  • 14 B. De Cordova-Reid F
  • 11 L. Cullen F
  • 7 W. Burns F
  • 36 S. Braybrooke M
Wigan 5-3-2

Starting lineup

  • 41 J. Whitworth G
  • 2 C. Barrett D
  • 4 J. Chilokoa-Mullen D
  • 23 J. Carragher D
  • 5 F. Burns D
  • 21 K'Marni Miller D
  • 6 J. Weir M
  • 10 R. Walsh M
  • 27 B. Burrows M
  • 11 D. Costelloe F
  • 25 S. Hogan F

Substitute players

  • 1 J. Walsh G
  • 19 C. Sze F
  • 38 C. Saydee F
  • 22 J. Mellish D
  • 17 A. Higgins F
  • 3 M. Fox D
  • 55 R. Greenhalgh F

Match statistics

Leicester Wigan
2.12 expected_goals 1.03
583 Passes accurate 294
8 Shots insidebox 4
6 Shots outsidebox 3
6 Blocked Shots 2
11 Free Kicks 20
5 Shots on Goal 2
2 Goalkeeper Saves 2
3 Shots off Goal 4
676 Total passes 363
14 Total Shots 8
4 Yellow Cards 4
7 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 2
20 Fouls 11
0 Red Cards 0
64% Ball Possession 36%

Player ratings

Wigan

  1. 6.7 A. Higgins 21'
  2. 6.5 D. Costelloe 58'
  3. 6.4 C. Barrett 90'
  4. 6.3 C. Saydee 22'
  5. 6.3 C. Sze 32'

Leicester

  1. 9.4 E. Riis 2 goals · 84'
  2. 7.8 B. De Cordova-Reid 1 goal · 6'
  3. 7.6 H. Souttar 90'
  4. 7.4 C. Okoli 90'
  5. 7.3 L. Thomas 1 assist · 90'

Prediction

LeicesterDrawWigan

Double chance : Leicester or draw

Head to head

Leicester
2–0 FT
Wigan
Wigan
2–2 FT
Leicester
Leicester
2–0 FT
Wigan

Table

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Huddersfield148511629
2Stockport County148241226
3Oxford United137511126
4Luton14734624
5Plymouth14725223
6Reading146441022
7Bradford13643222
8Cambridge United14563021
9Sheffield Wednesday13553820
10Leicester13544319
11Mansfield Town13544219
12Milton Keynes Dons13463218
13Wycombe13463-218
14Leyton Orient13526517
15Burton Albion14455-317
16Stevenage12444416
17Notts County12354-114
18AFC Wimbledon13346-1213
19Blackpool12336-412
20Doncaster13337-812
21Wigan14329-1111
22Peterborough13247-1210
23Barnsley12237-109
24Bromley13238-209