Leicester City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

Leicester City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 22 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Leicester City won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matheus Cunha opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Kelechi Iheanacho (37', penalty) and Timothy Castagne (75'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matheus Cunha (13').

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 19th on 25 points from 31 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th on 34 points from 31. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Çağlar Söyüncü of Leicester City (7.7), ahead of Matheus Cunha (7.6).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · José SáWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 37'Penalty goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · TotiWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Boubakary SoumaréLeicester City
  • 65'Yellow card · Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 75'Goal · Timothy CastagneLeicester City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Timothy Castagne, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Çağlar Söyüncü, Victor Kristiansen, Youri Tielemans, Boubakary Soumaré, Tetê, Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Jamie Vardy

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

José Sá, Nélson Semedo, Craig Dawson, Maximilian Kilman, Toti, Matheus Nunes, João Gomes, Mario Lemina, Pablo Sarabia, Matheus Cunha, Diego Costa