Leicester City 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 24 October 2023

Result

Leicester City 1-0 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 24 October 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Leicester City · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Leicester City 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Leicester City defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 October 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from James Justin of Leicester City in the 12th minute.

Discipline: Leicester City received 4 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 1st on 33 points from 12 and Sunderland 8th on 19 points from 12. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Leicester City (8.1), ahead of Cesare Casadei (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · James JustinLeicester City · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City
  • 50'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 50'Yellow card · Jannik VestergaardLeicester City
  • 54'Yellow card · Trai HumeSunderland
  • 67'Yellow card · James JustinLeicester City
  • 71'Yellow card · Dennis CirkinSunderland
  • 72'Yellow card · Ricardo PereiraLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 3, Sunderland 3.

Team news

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

Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Ricardo Pereira, Cesare Casadei, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Kelechi Iheanacho, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Dan Ballard, Niall Huggins, Pierre Ekwah, Patrick Roberts, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Jack Clarke, Mason Burstow