Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025

Result

Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Swansea City 1-3 Leicester City: match report

Swansea City were beaten by Leicester City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jordan James opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Swansea City's goal came from Adam Idah (70', penalty). Leicester City scored through Jordan James (13'), Issahaku Fatawu (77') and Jannik Vestergaard (85').

Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 8th on 12 points from 8 and Leicester City 6th on 13 points from 8. Swansea City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Leicester City 21st with 52.

Swansea City 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 Jordan James of Leicester City (8.2), ahead of Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Leicester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jordan JamesLeicester City · 0-1
  • 70'Penalty goal · Adam IdahSwansea City · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 76'Yellow card · Luke ThomasLeicester City
  • 77'Goal · Issahaku FatawuLeicester City · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Cameron BurgessSwansea City
  • 85'Goal · Jannik VestergaardLeicester City · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 2, draws 1, Leicester City 7.

Team news

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Swansea City line-up (4-4-2)

Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Ronald, Gonçalo Franco, Marko Stamenić, Ji-sung Eom, Zan Vipotnik, Liam Cullen

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

Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Jordan James, Harry Winks, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jeremy Monga, Patson Daka