Stockport County 3-4 Leicester City: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 September 2026
Result
Stockport County 3-4 Leicester City
League One · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Edgeley Park, Stockport · half-time 1-2
Stockport County 3-4 Leicester City: match report
Stockport County lost to Leicester City 3-4 in the League One on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Edgeley Park. The half-time score was 1-2.
Liam Cullen opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Stockport County's goals came from Jack Diamond (22'), Oliver Norwood (57') and Kyle Wootton (61'). Leicester City scored through Liam Cullen (11'), Emil Riis (30'), Emil Riis (48') and John Lundstram (52').
Discipline: Stockport County received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stockport County were 4th on 9 points from 5 and Leicester City 19th on 5 points from 5. In the current table Stockport County are 2nd on 26 points and Leicester City are 10th on 19 points.
Stockport County lined up in a 3-4-3 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of Oliver Norwood (7.8).
Key events
- 11'Goal · Liam Cullen
- 22'Goal · Jack Diamond
- 30'Goal · Emil Riis
- 36'Yellow card · Ethan Pye
- 48'Goal · Emil Riis
- 50'Yellow card · Louis Page
- 52'Goal · John Lundstram
- 57'Goal · Oliver Norwood
- 61'Goal · Kyle Wootton
- 62'Yellow card · Kyron Gordon
Form and table
- Stockport CountyLast five: W L W L W
- Leicester CityLast five: D L D W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Stockport County | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 26 | WWDLW |
| 10 | Leicester City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 19 | WWLWD |
Team news
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Stockport County line-up (3-4-3)
Oliver Whatmuff, Kyron Gordon, Eoghan O'Connell, Ethan Pye, Ryan Glover, Lewis Bate, Oliver Norwood, Ben Osborn, Jack Diamond, Kyle Wootton, Harry Wood
Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Jayden Joseph, Warren O'Hora, Harry James Souttar, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Louis Page, Liam Cullen, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, John Lundstram, William Thomas Alves, Emil Riis
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