Leicester City 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 6 August 2023

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Sunday 6 August 2023, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Leicester City · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Leicester City 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Leicester City won against Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 6 August 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kyle McFadzean opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (77') and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (87'). Coventry City scored through Kyle McFadzean (47').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Coventry City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Leicester City (10.0), ahead of Gustavo Hamer (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 5 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Goal · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Jannik VestergaardLeicester City
  • 68'Yellow card · Callum DoyleLeicester City
  • 77'Goal · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Ben SheafCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · Kasey PalmerCoventry City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 5, Coventry City 1.

Team news

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

Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Callum Doyle, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kasey McAteer, Jamie Vardy, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi

Coventry City line-up (3-4-3)

Ben Wilson, Bobby Thomas, Kyle McFadzean, Joel Latibeaudiere, Josh Eccles, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Jay Dasilva, Kasey Palmer, Matty Godden, Ellis Simms