Oxford United 2-2 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025
Result
Oxford United 2-2 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Oxford United 2-2 Leicester City: match report
Oxford United drew with Leicester City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 September 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.
Will Lankshear opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Will Lankshear (9') and an own goal by Boubakary Soumaré (44'). Leicester City scored through Jordan Ayew (13') and Ricardo Pereira (55').
Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Oxford United were 22nd on 1 point from 4 and Leicester City 4th on 9 points from 4. Oxford United went on to finish that season 23rd with 47 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City (7.6), ahead of Jordan Ayew (7.5).
Going into the match Oxford United's last five read D-L-L-L and Leicester City's W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Boubakary Soumaré
- 9'Goal · Will Lankshear
- 13'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 24'Red card · Aaron Ramsey
- 44'Own goal · Boubakary Soumaré
- 50'Yellow card · Jannik Vestergaard
- 55'Goal · Ricardo Pereira
- 63'Yellow card · Sam Long
Team news
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Oxford United line-up (4-4-2)
Jamie Cumming, Sam Long, Michal Helik, Ben Davies, Jack Currie, Przemyslaw Placheta, Brian De Keersmaecker, Cameron Brannagan, Filip Krastev, Matt Phillips, Will Lankshear
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jakub Stolarczyk, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Boubakary Soumaré, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Aaron Ramsey, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jordan Ayew