Coventry City 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Coventry City 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Coventry City beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jordan James opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Ellis Simms (47') and Haji Wright (85'). Leicester City scored through Jordan James (10').
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 52 points from 26 and Leicester City 12th on 37 points from 26. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan James of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of Haji Wright (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Jordan James
- 47'Goal · Ellis Simms
- 85'Yellow card · Jeremy Monga
- 85'Goal · Haji Wright
- 88'Yellow card · Caleb Okoli
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jordan James
- 90+5'Yellow card · Silko Thomas
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jay Dasilva
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ellis Simms
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Jordan James, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jordan Ayew