Leicester vs Burton Albion

League One · 2026 · Regular Season - 2

Leicester

Full time

Burton Albion

King Power Stadium, Leicester, LeicestershireCapacity 34,310

Timeline

Kick-off
5'0-1Goal. M. Dennis (K. Lofthouse)Normal GoalTeam: Burton Albion
17'Yellow card. C. TiltYellow Card · FoulTeam: Burton Albion
25'0-2Goal. K. ChaukeNormal GoalTeam: Burton Albion
29'Red card. Oliver SkippRed Card · Serious foulTeam: Leicester
34'Substitution. L. Cullen replaced by Hamza ChoudhurySubstitution 1Team: Leicester
42'1-2Goal. Wes BurnsNormal GoalTeam: Leicester
1-2Half time
Second half
54'Substitution. Wes Burns replaced by Harry HowellSubstitution 2Team: Leicester
55'Substitution. A. Bristrić replaced by B. De Cordova-ReidSubstitution 3Team: Leicester
55'Substitution. Will Alves replaced by Tom WatsonSubstitution 4Team: Leicester
63'Yellow card. Sulyman KruballyYellow Card · FoulTeam: Burton Albion
64'Substitution. Sulyman Krubally replaced by W. CollarSubstitution 1Team: Burton Albion
70'Substitution. M. Dennis replaced by Emeka AdeileSubstitution 2Team: Burton Albion
74'Yellow card. K. LofthouseYellow Card · FoulTeam: Burton Albion
77'Substitution. Luke Thomas replaced by L. PageSubstitution 5Team: Leicester
81'Yellow card. Yellow cardYellow Card · Unsportsmanlike conductTeam: Burton Albion
83'Yellow card. B. De Cordova-ReidYellow Card · Unsportsmanlike conductTeam: Leicester
1-2Full time

Line-ups

Leicester

Formation 4-1-4-1

Alex McCarthy6.9

Caleb Okoli6.6

Harry Souttar7.2

Olabade Aluko6.2

Luke Thomas6.3

Wes Burns7.5

L. Cullen6.0

Oliver Skipp5.0

S. Braybrooke6.7

Will Alves6.3

A. Bristrić6.5

Burton Albion

Formation 3-4-2-1

C. Addai7.0

T. Sibbick7.2

C. Tilt6.6

F. Delap7.5

J. Armer6.9

G. Evans6.7

K. Lofthouse6.3

Sulyman Krubally6.2

K. Chauke8.2

C. Webster6.3

M. Dennis7.6

Leicester

4-1-4-1

Substitutes

Coach: Russell Martin

Burton Albion

3-4-2-1

Substitutes

14W. Collar
20J. Sraha
23Emeka Adeile
24Harvey Araujo
27K. Dudek
28M. Matthews Lewis
40Zac Scutt

Coach: Gary Bowyer

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Match statistics

74%
Possession: 26%; 13
Shots: 13; 3
Shots on target: 6; 5
Shots off target: 4; 5
Shots blocked: 3; 5
Shots inside the box: 7; 8
Shots outside the box: 6; 4
Saves: 2; 5
Corners: 3; 0
Offsides: 4; 13
Fouls: 19; 1
Yellow cards: 3; 588
Passes: 215; 502
Accurate passes: 146; 85%
Pass accuracy: 68%

League One

League One
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Huddersfield	14	8	5	1	+16	29
2Stockport County	14	8	2	4	+12	26
3Oxford United	13	7	5	1	+11	26
4Luton	14	7	3	4	+6	24
5Plymouth	14	7	2	5	+2	23
6Reading	14	6	4	4	+10	22
7Bradford	13	6	4	3	+2	22
8Cambridge United	14	5	6	3	0	21
9Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	5	3	+8	20
10Leicester	13	5	4	4	+3	19
11Mansfield Town	13	5	4	4	+2	19
12Milton Keynes Dons	13	4	6	3	+2	18
13Wycombe	13	4	6	3	-2	18
14Leyton Orient	13	5	2	6	+5	17
15Burton Albion	14	4	5	5	-3	17
16Stevenage	12	4	4	4	+4	16
17Notts County	12	3	5	4	-1	14
18AFC Wimbledon	13	3	4	6	-12	13
19Blackpool	12	3	3	6	-4	12
20Doncaster	13	3	3	7	-8	12
21Wigan	14	3	2	9	-11	11
22Peterborough	13	2	4	7	-12	10
23Barnsley	12	2	3	7	-10	9
24Bromley	13	2	3	8	-20	9

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Leicester: 3
Drawn: 0
Burton Albion: 1

The record over the 4 meetings listed below.

Wed 9 Aug7:00 pm UTCBurton AlbionLeicesterFTEFL Cup
Tue 29 Oct7:45 pm UTCBurton AlbionLeicesterFTEFL Cup
Sat 5 Jan3:00 pm UTCLeicesterBurton AlbionFTFA Cup
Tue 28 Aug6:45 pm UTCLeicesterBurton AlbionFTEFL Cup

Burton Albion beat Leicester 2-1 in League One on Saturday 22 August. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.