Leicester City 0-2 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Leicester City 0-2 Charlton Athletic

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Leicester City · Charlton Athletic · Championship predictions

Leicester City 0-2 Charlton Athletic: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Charlton Athletic 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Sonny Carey opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Leicester City did not score. Charlton Athletic scored through Sonny Carey (36') and Lyndon Dykes (45+4').

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 38 points from 29 and Charlton Athletic 19th on 32 points from 28. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Charlton Athletic 20th with 53.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Charlton Athletic in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lloyd Jones of Charlton Athletic (7.9), ahead of Greg Docherty (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Charlton Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Red card · Caleb OkoliLeicester City
  • 36'Goal · Sonny CareyCharlton Athletic · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Lyndon DykesCharlton Athletic
  • 45+4'Goal · Lyndon DykesCharlton Athletic · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeCharlton Athletic
  • 56'Missed penalty · Jordan AyewLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 2, draws 4, Charlton Athletic 4.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Louis Page, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jordan Ayew

Charlton Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Thomas Kaminski, Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones, Amari'i Bell, Harry Clarke, Conor Coady, Greg Docherty, Luke Chambers, Sonny Carey, Lyndon Dykes, Miles Leaburn