Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Monday 29 December 2025

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Derby County

Championship · Monday 29 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: match report

Leicester City beat Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 29 December 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Bobby De Cordova-Reid (6') and Jordan James (41'). Derby County scored through Rhian Brewster (9').

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 31 points from 23 and Derby County 11th on 32 points from 23. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Derby County 8th with 69.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bobby De Cordova-Reid of Leicester City (7.4), ahead of Rhian Brewster (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-ReidLeicester City · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · Rhian BrewsterDerby County · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Jordan JamesLeicester City · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Jordan JamesLeicester City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Kayden JacksonDerby County
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Liam ThompsonDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 9, draws 0, Derby County 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Max JohnstonDerby County · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Patson DakaLeicester City · suspension (Called Up To National Team)

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

Jakub Stolarczyk, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Oliver Skipp, Jordan James, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jordan Ayew

Derby County line-up (4-4-2)

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Callum Elder, Ben Brereton Díaz, Ebou Adams, Liam Thompson, Bobby Clark, Rhian Brewster, Patrick Agyemang