Leicester City 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 4 November 2025

Result

Leicester City 1-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 4 November 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Leicester City 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Leicester City drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 4 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jordan Ayew opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Jordan Ayew (45+4', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Luke Ayling (90+6').

Discipline: Leicester City received 7 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 14th on 17 points from 13 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 25 points from 13. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Ayling of Middlesbrough (7.9), ahead of Aidan Morris (7.6).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Jordan AyewLeicester City · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Issahaku FatawuLeicester City
  • 49'Yellow card · Jordan JamesLeicester City
  • 59'Yellow card · Jordan AyewLeicester City
  • 67'Yellow card · Oliver SkippLeicester City
  • 69'Yellow card · Luke ThomasLeicester City
  • 90'Red card · Alfie JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 90+3'Yellow cardLeicester City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Patson DakaLeicester City
  • 90+6'Goal · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 4, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

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

Jakub Stolarczyk, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Jannik Vestergaard, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Jordan James, Jordan Ayew, Julián Carranza

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Alfie Jones, Matt Targett, Hayden Hackney, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, David Strelec, Delano Burgzorg, Tommy Conway