Leicester City 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Sunday 2 May 2010
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Sunday 2 May 2010, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leicester City 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Leicester City beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 2 May 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Leicester City's goals came from Yann Kermorgant (41') and Richie Wellens (86', penalty). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 5th on 73 points from 45 and Middlesbrough 8th on 62 points from 45. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 62.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Middlesbrough's D-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 71'Missed penalty · C. Killen
- 84'Red card · Brad Jones
- 86'Penalty goal · Richie Wellens
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City expected line-up
Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates