Leicester City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 November 2003

Result

Leicester City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 2 November 2003, 16:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

Leicester City · Blackburn Rovers · Premier League predictions

Leicester City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Leicester City defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 November 2003. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marcus Bent opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Marcus Bent (75') and Steve Howey (82'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 20th on 5 points from 10 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 8 points from 10. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 33 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Yellow card · Steve HoweyLeicester City
  • 75'Goal · Marcus BentLeicester City · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Paul DickovLeicester City
  • 82'Goal · Steve HoweyLeicester City · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.