Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 13 Aug 2025

Huddersfield Town 2–2 Leicester City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 1.3
Actual xG
4.3 – 4.7
Goals
2 – 2

Footybot saw it as open: Huddersfield Town 40%, the draw 25%, Leicester City 35%.

A draw the chances agree with: 4.3 xG to 4.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Hamza Choudhury, 53.8 in 83′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Huddersfield Town

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Leicester City

10 Aug 2025W 2–1v Sheffield Wednesday Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Huddersfield Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jay Smith-Sway Defender1100–73.0–
Ruben Roosken Defender70000.0350.4–
Leo Castledine Midfielder27000.7648.4–
Joe Taylor Forward20000.7647.7–
Alfie May Forward20000.7645.7–
Murray Wallace Defender9001–43.9–
Josh Feeney Defender90000.0642.4–
Lee Nicholls Goalkeeper9000–42.2–
Ben Wiles Midfielder63000.0739.5–
Cameron Ashia Midfielder7910–38.5–
Dion Charles Forward70001.0738.3–
David Kasumu Midfielder90000.0937.7–
Lynden Gooch Midfielder7900–37.6–
Lasse Sørensen Defender11000.7634.9–
Sean Roughan Defender9000–25.7–

Leicester City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Harry Winks Midfielder30100.1260.8–
Hamza Choudhury Midfielder83100.0853.8–
Luke Thomas Defender90000.7653.1–
Wout Faes Defender9000–52.1–
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper9000–50.4–
Benjamin Nelson Defender9000–44.6–
Oliver Skipp Midfielder6000–41.0–
Patson Daka Forward8200–40.4–
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder9000–38.6–
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder30010.7637.5–
Louis Page Midfielder45000.1533.7–
Jordan Ayew Forward8000.8127.9–
William Alves Midfielder4500–27.7–
Kasey McAteer Midfielder90001.0424.7–
Jeremy Monga Midfielder60000.1517.0–
Bilal El Khannouss Midfielder8000.810.0–