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Leicester City
FT
2–0
HT 1–0
Birmingham City
Championship Fri 29 Aug, 20:00London King Power Stadium, Leicester Josh Smith 30,971 attendance

Timeline

  1. 8' Fatawu Issahaku assist Louis Page
  2. 45' Hamza Choudhury Yellow Card
  3. 56' Patson Daka for Louis Page
  4. 57' Fatawu Issahaku Yellow Card
  5. 62' Kyogo Furuhashi Yellow Card
  6. 64' Christoph Klarer Yellow Card
  7. 66' Keshi Anderson for Willum Thór Willumsson
  8. 71' Jeremy Monga for Stephy Mavididi
  9. 72' Ricardo Pereira for Hamza Choudhury
  10. 74' Demarai Gray Yellow Card
  11. 76' Ricardo Pereira Yellow Card
  12. 77' Tommy Doyle for Lewis Koumas
  13. 77' Marvin Ducksch for Kyogo Furuhashi
  14. 85' Lyndon Dykes for Phil Neumann
  15. 87' Wout Faes for Fatawu Issahaku
  16. 88' Ricardo Pereira assist Jeremy Monga

Match stats

45.1% Possession 54.9%
5 Shots 11
2 On target 1
11 Fouls 16
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 1
1 Saves 0
291 Accurate passes 374

Lineups

Leicester City 4-2-3-1
1 Stolarczyk
33 Thomas 23 Vestergaard 5 Okoli 17 Choudhury
22 Skipp 24 Soumaré
10 Mavididi 25 Page 7 Issahaku
9 Ayew
Birmingham City 4-4-1-1
21 Allsop
2 Laird 4 Klarer 5 Neumann 26 Osayi-Samuel
10 Gray 8 Seung-Ho 24 Iwata 18 Willumsson
9 Furuhashi
30 Koumas
Leicester City 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Jakub Stolarczyk G
  2. 23 Jannik Vestergaard CD-L
  3. 5 Caleb Okoli CD-R
  4. 33 Luke Thomas LB
  5. 17 Hamza Choudhury ▼ RB
  6. 25 Louis Page ▼ AM
  7. 22 Oliver Skipp LM
  8. 24 Boubakary Soumaré RM
  9. 9 Jordan Ayew F
  10. 10 Stephy Mavididi ▼ AM-L
  11. 7 Fatawu Issahaku ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 21 Ricardo Pereira ▲ SUB
  2. 28 Jeremy Monga ▲ SUB
  3. 3 Wout Faes ▲ SUB
  4. 20 Patson Daka ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 31 Asmir Begovic SUB
  2. 39 Silko Thomas SUB
  3. 77 Olabade Aluko SUB
  4. 8 Harry Winks SUB
  5. 26 Ben Nelson SUB
Birmingham City 4-4-1-1
  1. 21 Ryan Allsop G
  2. 4 Christoph Klarer CD-L
  3. 5 Phil Neumann ▼ CD-R
  4. 2 Ethan Laird LB
  5. 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel RB
  6. 8 Paik Seung-Ho CM-L
  7. 24 Tomoki Iwata CM-R
  8. 10 Demarai Gray LM
  9. 18 Willum Thór Willumsson ▼ RM
  10. 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ▼ F
  11. 30 Lewis Koumas ▼ RCF

Came on

  1. 14 Keshi Anderson ▲ SUB
  2. 17 Lyndon Dykes ▲ SUB
  3. 33 Marvin Ducksch ▲ SUB
  4. 7 Tommy Doyle ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 25 James Beadle SUB
  2. 41 Eiran Cashin SUB
  3. 12 Marc Leonard SUB
  4. 19 Taylor Gardner-Hickman SUB
  5. 20 Alex Cochrane SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 0.
  2. 90'+9' Second Half ends, Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 0.
  3. 90'+9' Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  4. 90'+9' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+7' Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  6. 90'+7' Foul by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
  7. 90'+6' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Wout Faes.
  8. 90'+5' Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy Doyle.
  9. 90'+4' Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross following a corner.
  10. 90'+3' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  11. 90'+2' Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata with a cross.
  12. 90' Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
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  1. 90' Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  2. 90' Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  3. 88' Goal! Leicester City 2, Birmingham City 0. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremy Monga with a cross.
  4. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Wout Faes replaces Abdul Fatawu because of an injury.
  5. 87' Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  6. 87' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  7. 86' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 85' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Phil Neumann.
  9. 85' Delay in match because of an injury Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  10. 84' Handball by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  11. 81' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 80' Delay in match because of an injury Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City).
  13. 79' Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 79' Foul by Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City).
  15. 78' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Oliver Skipp.
  16. 78' Attempt saved. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  17. 78' Attempt blocked. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  18. 78' Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  19. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Kyogo Furuhashi because of an injury.
  20. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Tommy Doyle replaces Lewis Koumas.
  21. 76' Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 76' Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  23. 76' Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
  24. 76' Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  25. 75' Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  26. 75' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  27. 74' Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  28. 74' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  29. 74' Foul by Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
  30. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Hamza Choudhury because of an injury.
  31. 72' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  32. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  33. 71' Delay in match because of an injury Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
  34. 70' Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  35. 70' Foul by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
  36. 67' Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  37. 67' Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  38. 66' Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Willum Willumsson.
  39. 65' Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
  40. 64' Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  41. 64' Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  42. 64' Foul by Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City).
  43. 62' Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  44. 62' Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
  45. 62' Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  46. 58' Offside, Birmingham City. Bright Osayi-Samuel is caught offside.
  47. 58' Attempt blocked. Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
  48. 57' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  49. 57' Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  50. 57' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  51. 56' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Louis Page.
  52. 56' Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
  53. 55' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Abdul Fatawu.
  54. 54' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Oliver Skipp.
  55. 51' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  56. 51' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  57. 50' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  58. 50' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 49' Attempt missed. Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
  60. 47' Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  61. 47' Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
  62. 45' Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 0.
  63. 45'+6' First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 0.
  64. 45'+6' Attempt missed. Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City) header from very close range misses to the right following a corner.
  65. 45'+5' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Oliver Skipp.
  66. 45'+4' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Stephy Mavididi.
  67. 45'+1' Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 45'+1' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  69. 45' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  70. 45' Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  71. 45' Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
  72. 45' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  73. 40' Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  74. 40' Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  75. 35' Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
  76. 35' Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 29' Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a headed pass.
  78. 27' Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  79. 27' Foul by Louis Page (Leicester City).
  80. 25' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  81. 23' Delay in match because of an injury Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
  82. 16' Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City).
  83. 16' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  84. 16' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Louis Page.
  85. 15' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  86. 15' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  87. 13' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  88. 11' Delay in match because of an injury Demarai Gray (Birmingham City).
  89. 8' Goal! Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 0. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Louis Page.
  90. 7' Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross following a set piece situation.
  91. 6' Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
  92. 6' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  93. 4' Louis Page (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  94. 4' Foul by Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City).
  95. 1' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  96. 1' Foul by Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City).
  97. First Half begins.
  98. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Leicester City W L L W L

  • L at AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Premier League
  • W Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 EFL Championship
  • L at Huddersfield Town 2-2 Carabao Cup
  • L at Preston North End 2-1 EFL Championship
  • W at Charlton Athletic 1-0 EFL Championship

Birmingham City L W W W D

  • D Ipswich Town 1-1 EFL Championship
  • W Sheffield United 2-1 Carabao Cup
  • W at Blackburn Rovers 2-1 EFL Championship
  • W Oxford United 1-0 EFL Championship
  • L Port Vale 1-0 Carabao Cup

Head to head

LEI leads series 5-0

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  • 27 Jan 2024 Leicester City 3–0 Birmingham City 2023-24 English FA Cup
  • 18 Dec 2023 Birmingham City 2–3 Leicester City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 4 Mar 2020 Leicester City 1–0 Birmingham City 2019-20 English FA Cup
  • 1 Aug 2015 Birmingham City 2–3 Leicester City Club Friendly