Blackburn Rovers FC vs Leicester City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers FC vs Leicester City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Leicester City FC 46 games · 46 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Leigh Doughty
- Assistant 1 Richard Woodward
- Assistant 2
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Leicester City FC H 0–1 L 22 Apr Sheffield United FC A 3–1 W 17 Apr Coventry City FC H 1–1 D 14 Apr Southampton FC A 0–3 L 11 Apr Stoke City FC A 1–1 D 06 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–0 W 24 Apr Millwall FC H 1–1 D 21 Apr Hull City AFC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Portsmouth FC A 0–1 L 11 Apr Swansea City AFC H 0–1 L 06 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Blackburn Rovers FC Leicester City FC #20 Position #23 52 Points 46 46 Played 46 13 / 13 / 20 W / D / L 12 / 16 / 18 42 Scored 58 56 Conceded 68 -14 GD -10 1.13 PPG 1.00 28% Win % 26% Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season13% Clean Sheets
Leicester City FC this seasonBlackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts). Leicester City FC are 23rd (46 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ewood Park that hosts another battle between Blackburn Rovers FC and Leicester City FC.
- 5' Blackburn Rovers FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 10' The travelling Leicester City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Blackburn Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 35' Jeremy Monga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Blackburn Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' It looks like no one’s ball. Leicester City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 50' It’s high time Michael O'Neill made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 54' The referee calls foul for Ricardo Pereira. He receives a card.
- 59' Supporters expect more eagerness from Luke Thomas, as he is very good at scoring at Ewood Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 62' It’s gonna be a card for Sean McLoughlin.
- 67' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 72' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tom Atcheson suffering a number of foals already.
- 77' Blackburn Rovers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 78' Leicester City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Stephy Mavididi on 78.
- 83' Leicester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 83.
- 88' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Leicester City FC that had 345 games and scored 455 goals.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Blackburn Rovers FC.
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Blackburn Rovers FC
3-5-2Starting XI- 28
- 4
- 15
- 23
- 25
- 20
- 22
- 2
- 38
- 31
- 24
Bench- 1
- 10
- 16
- 21
- 29
- 17
- 5
- 14
- 40
Coach Michael O'NeillLeicester City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 17
- 21
- 15
- 23
- 8
- 10
- 20
- 33
- 1
- 28
- 25
Bench- 9
- 31
- 22
- 14
- 6
- 39
- 29
- 56
- 62
Coach Gary Rowett -
Head to Head
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2026-05-02 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Leicester City FC L 2026-04-22 Sheffield United FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-14 Southampton FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-04-11 Stoke City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2026-04-06 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 West Bromwich Albion FC DLeicester City FC Form
2026-05-02 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Leicester City FC W 2026-04-24 Leicester City FC 1–1 Millwall FC D 2026-04-21 Leicester City FC 2–2 Hull City AFC D 2026-04-18 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Leicester City FC L 2026-04-11 Leicester City FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC L 2026-04-06 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Leicester City FC D