Coventry City 2-0 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2008

Result

Coventry City 2-0 Leicester City

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Coventry City 2-0 Leicester City: match report

Coventry City beat Leicester City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

E. Ward opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Coventry City's goals came from E. Ward (32') and Leon Best (79'). Leicester City did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 20th on 36 points from 31 and Leicester City 19th on 37 points from 33. Coventry City went on to finish that season 21st with 53 points, and Leicester City 22nd with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Leicester City's W-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · E. WardCoventry City · 1-0
  • 79'Goal · Leon BestCoventry City · 2-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 2, Leicester City 3.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath