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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 1 Nov 2025

Leicester City 0–2 Blackburn Rovers

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.2 – 1.9
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot made Leicester City favourites at 52%.

Blackburn Rovers won and made the better chances: 1.9 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Andri Guðjohnsen, 64.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Andri Guðjohnsen +18.0, Ryan Hedges +17.9.

Well below it: Abdul Fatawu Issahaku −19.3, Sean McLoughlin −9.5, Harry Winks −8.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Leicester City

25 Oct 2025L 0–1at Millwall Championship
21 Oct 2025L 1–2at Hull City Championship
18 Oct 2025D 1–1v Portsmouth Championship
4 Oct 2025W 3–1at Swansea City Championship
30 Sep 2025D 1–1v Wrexham Championship

Blackburn Rovers

25 Oct 2025W 2–1v Southampton Championship
21 Oct 2025L 1–3v Sheffield United Championship
18 Oct 2025L 0–2at Coventry City Championship
4 Oct 2025D 1–1v Stoke City Championship
30 Sep 2025L 1–2v Swansea City Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Leicester City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Luke Thomas Defender2600–65.9–
Jannik Vestergaard Defender90000.0858.5+5.3
Jordan James Midfielder74000.0456.6+6.7
Caleb Okoli Defender9000–55.6+6.9
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper9000–48.2−5.4
Jordan Ayew Forward2600–45.8–
Ricardo Pereira Defender9000–44.5−0.8
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder7900–43.9−1.3
Bobby De Cordova-Reid Midfielder1600–41.7–
Victor Kristiansen Defender6400–40.9–
Harry Winks Midfielder90000.0539.5−8.7
Julián Carranza Forward6300–39.4+0.1
Patson Daka Forward27000.1938.4–
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder64000.7937.8−6.8
Silko Thomas Forward1100–37.0–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Midfielder90000.0823.4−19.3

Blackburn Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Makhtar Gueye Forward8000.2680.8–
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward90201.2464.0+18.0
Ryan Hedges Midfielder4500–59.5+17.9
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper9000–50.3+1.3
Adam Forshaw Midfielder1000–50.1–
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder90010.0248.0+4.4
Scott Wharton Defender9000–44.2−6.9
Axel Henriksson Midfielder45000.0544.2+0.2
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder8000–44.0+1.4
Yuki Ohashi Forward87000.0441.0−1.9
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Midfielder61000.1440.3−2.0
Sean McLoughlin Defender90000.0236.7−9.5
Kristi Montgomery Midfielder2900–35.5–
Dion De Neve Midfielder4500–34.2−7.9
Lewis Miller Defender9000–33.5−7.4
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder45000.1531.6−4.5