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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 18 Oct 2025

Leicester City 1–1 Portsmouth

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.6 – 0.8
Actual xG
1.5 – 0.9
Goals
1 – 1

Footybot made Leicester City favourites at 55%.

Leicester City deserved more from the draw, creating 1.5 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Josef Bursik, 60.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Connor Ogilvie +22.3, John Swift +13.9, Josef Bursik +11.6.

Well below it: Luke Thomas −11.5, Jordan James −10.6, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku −9.0.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Leicester City

4 Oct 2025W 3–1at Swansea City Championship
30 Sep 2025D 1–1v Wrexham Championship
26 Sep 2025D 1–1at West Bromwich Albion Championship
20 Sep 2025D 0–0v Coventry City Championship
13 Sep 2025D 2–2at Oxford United Championship

Portsmouth

4 Oct 2025W 1–0v Middlesbrough Championship
1 Oct 2025D 2–2v Watford Championship
27 Sep 2025L 1–2at Ipswich Town Championship
20 Sep 2025L 0–2v Sheffield Wednesday Championship
14 Sep 2025D 0–0at Southampton Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Leicester City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Hamza Choudhury Midfielder25000.0373.2–
Jannik Vestergaard Defender9000–52.2+1.5
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper9000–49.6−3.2
Harry Winks Midfielder90000.1347.3−1.4
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder1800–46.7–
Wout Faes Defender9000–44.8+3.0
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder72100.6844.7–
Ricardo Pereira Defender6500–43.5−2.7
Jordan James Midfielder72000.0741.0−10.6
Bobby De Cordova-Reid Midfielder31000.1539.6–
Julián Carranza Forward59000.0339.1–
Patson Daka Forward3100–38.9–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Midfielder90010.1136.2−9.0
Jordan Ayew Forward18000.0834.3–
Jeremy Monga Midfielder59000.0433.6−4.8
Luke Thomas Defender90000.2130.7−11.5

Portsmouth

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Terry Devlin Defender900–73.5–
Josef Bursik Goalkeeper9000–60.9+11.6
Connor Ogilvie Defender9000–53.8+22.3
John Swift Midfielder81100.1152.1+13.9
Florian Bianchini Forward16000.5751.9–
Regan Poole Defender9000–50.6+10.1
Marlon Pack Midfielder90000.0450.5–
Andre Dozzell Midfielder9000–46.6+3.7
Josh Knight Defender9000–45.9−1.6
Yang Min-hyeok Midfielder74010.0443.6−1.4
Conor Chaplin Midfielder6200–41.1+6.0
Colby Bishop Forward90000.1040.4+0.3
Jordan Lee Williams Defender8100–40.4+4.2
Adrian Segečić Midfielder900–39.5–
Márk Kosznovszky Midfielder28000.0134.6–