Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester City

Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Middlesbrough · Leicester City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester City: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Leicester City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Caleb Okoli opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Riley McGree (45+2'). Leicester City scored through Caleb Okoli (18').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 62 points from 33 and Leicester City 19th on 39 points from 33. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Brittain of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Aidan Morris (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Caleb OkoliLeicester City · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough
  • 45+2'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Divine MukasaLeicester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Matt Targett, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, Hayden Hackney, Alan Browne, Riley McGree, Tommy Conway

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

Asmir Begović, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Ben Nelson, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Divine Mukasa, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Patson Daka