Blackburn Rovers vs Leicester City

Championship

Blackburn

3-1-5

1-4

Final

Leicester

8-0-1

Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'LEI

48%Possession52%

15Shots11

4On target4

5Corners6

0Saves3

8Fouls14

15'Fatawu IssahakuLEI30'Stephy MavididiLEI46'Jannik VestergaardLEI48'Hayden CarterBLK70'Adam WhartonBLK

Team	1H	2H	T
BLK	1	0	1
LEI	2	2	4

Who won: Leicester 4-1

Leicester City beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Sammie Szmodics (9'). Goals for Leicester: Wout Faes (4'), Jamie Vardy (28'), Kelechi Iheanacho (82' pen) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (88').

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Lineups

Leicester

Lineup (4-3-3)

1Mads HermansenG
2Jannik VestergaardCD-L
3Wout FaesCD-R
4James JustinLB
5Ricardo PereiraRB
6Harry WinksCM
7Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLM
8Wilfred NdidiRM
9Jamie VardyF
10Stephy MavididiLF
11Fatawu IssahakuRF

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Aynsley PearsG
2Dominic HyamCD-L
3Hayden CarterCD-R
4Harry PickeringLB
5Callum BrittainRB
6Andy MoranAM
7Adam WhartonLM
8Lewis TravisRM
9Sammie SzmodicsF
10Arnór SigurdssonAM-L
11Dilan Kumar MarkandayAM-R

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

Last meeting: Blackburn 2, Leicester 1 (Aug 25)

Last 5

LEI

L@ LIV1-3
Wvs BRC1-0
W@ NOR2-0
W@ SOU4-1
Lvs HUL0-1

BLK

Wvs CAR5-2
L@ IPS3-4
Lvs SUN1-3
Wvs MID2-1
L@ PLY0-3

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Game info

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 15,937
Officials: james linington

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