Leicester vs Wigan (27 October 2026) ⋆ League One ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

Match events

4' Yellow card - R. Walsh
6' Yellow card - W. Smallbone
9' Yellow card - J. Chilokoa-Mullen
17' Goal - E. Riis1 : 0
28' Yellow card - K. Miller
32' SubstitutionJ. Chilokoa-Mullen off - M. Fox on
40' Yellow card - C. Okoli
45+1' Yellow card - L. Thomas
48' Yellow card - W. O'Hora
58' SubstitutionD. Costelloe off - C. Sze on
60' SubstitutionC. Chaplin off - L. Cullen on
61' Yellow card - F. Burns
61' SubstitutionW. Smallbone off - S. Braybrooke on
67' Goal - E. RiisAssist - L. Thomas • 2 : 0
68' SubstitutionK. Miller off - J. Mellish on
68' SubstitutionS. Hogan off - C. Saydee on
69' SubstitutionF. Burns off - A. Higgins on
76' SubstitutionW. Alves off - W. Burns on
84' SubstitutionL. Page off - I. Kangasniemi on
84' SubstitutionE. Riis off - B. De Cordova-Reid on
90+2' Penalty - B. De Cordova-Reid3 : 0

Match statistics

64%Ball Possession36%

14Shots Total8

5Shots On Goal2

40Dangerous Attacks34

123Attacks84

7Corners3

Full statistics

Match information

Country: England
Competition: League One
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 8
Date: 27 October 2026
Kick-off: 19:45
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: L. Doughty

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
10	Mansfield	11	+4	18
11	Leicester	12	+3	18
12	Burton	13	-1	17
…
23	Barnsley	11	-10	8
24	Wigan	12	-12	7

Full standings

Recent form

Leicester

LLWWL

Wigan

WLWLL

Clubs

Leicester

Founded: 1884
Country: England
Stadium: King Power Stadium
City: Leicester, Leicestershire
Capacity: 34 310
Surface: grass

Wigan

Founded: 1932
Country: England
Stadium: DW Stadium
City: Wigan
Capacity: 25 138
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: Leicester 3 : 0 Wigan.
90+2'B. De Cordova-Reid converts the penalty for Leicester. 3 : 0.
84'Leicester make a change: E. Riis off, B. De Cordova-Reid on.
84'Leicester make a change: L. Page off, I. Kangasniemi on.
76'Leicester make a change: W. Alves off, W. Burns on.
69'Wigan make a change: F. Burns off, A. Higgins on.
68'Wigan make a change: S. Hogan off, C. Saydee on.
68'Wigan make a change: K. Miller off, J. Mellish on.
67'Leicester score! L. Thomas sets it up and E. Riis finishes. 2 : 0.
61'Leicester make a change: W. Smallbone off, S. Braybrooke on.
61'Yellow card for F. Burns (Wigan).
60'Leicester make a change: C. Chaplin off, L. Cullen on.
58'Wigan make a change: D. Costelloe off, C. Sze on.
48'Yellow card for W. O'Hora (Leicester).
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 1 : 0.
45+1'Yellow card for L. Thomas (Leicester).
40'Yellow card for C. Okoli (Leicester).
32'Wigan make a change: J. Chilokoa-Mullen off, M. Fox on.
28'Yellow card for K. Miller (Wigan).
17'Goal! E. Riis scores for Leicester. 1 : 0.
9'Yellow card for J. Chilokoa-Mullen (Wigan).
6'Yellow card for W. Smallbone (Leicester).
4'Yellow card for R. Walsh (Wigan).
Kick-off! The match is under way.

Line-up - Leicester • 3-4-2-1

17Jacobsen

27Doyle8Chaplin (C)

33Thomas25Page12Smallbone37Alves

5Okoli15Souttar16O'Hora

29McCarthy

25Louis Page
37William Alves
29Alex McCarthy
27Kamari Doyle
8Conor Chaplin C
15Harry Souttar
16Warren O'Hora
5Caleb Okoli
12Will Smallbone
17Emil Riis Jacobsen
33Luke Thomas

Substitutes

36Sammy Braybrooke
24Ilari Kangasniemi
20Harry Howell
14Bobby De Cordova-Reid
7Wes Burns
11Liam Cullen
21Franco Ravizzoli

Line-up - Wigan • 5-3-2

25Hogan11Costelloe

27Burrowes10Walsh6Weir (C)

21Miller5Burns23Carragher4Mullen2Barrett

41Whitworth

27Bradley Burrowes
10Reggie Walsh
4Jeremiah Mullen
23James Carragher
41Joe Whitworth
11Dara Costelloe
2Connor Barrett
5Finley Burns
6Jensen Weir C
21K'Marni Miller
25Scott Hogan

Substitutes

55Reece Greenhalgh
17Akeel Higgins
19Chris Sze
1Joe Walsh
38Christian Saydee
3Morgan Fox
22Jon Mellish

Coaches

Leicester: Russell Martin
Wigan: Gary Caldwell

Team statistics

LeicesterWigan

7Corners3

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

1Penalty0

5Substitution5

123Attacks84

40Dangerous Attacks34

64%Ball Possession36%

14Shots Total8

5Shots On Goal2

3Shots Off Goal4

6Shots Blocked2

8Shots Inside Box4

6Shots Outside Box4

20Fouls11

0Offsides2

4Yellow Cards4

2Saves2

676Passes Total370

583Passes Accurate299

Player statistics - Leicester

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles
29Alex McCarthy	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	-
5Caleb Okoli	9.2	90	0	0	0	0	-
15Harry Souttar	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	-
16Warren O'Hora	7.0	90	0	0	0	0	-
25Louis Page	7.3	84	0	0	0	0	1/1
33Luke Thomas	7.3	90	0	1	0	0	0/1
12Will Smallbone	8.2	61	0	0	0	0	1/1
37William Alves	7.7	76	0	0	0	0	2/2
8Conor Chaplin C	6.3	60	0	0	0	0	-
17Emil Riis Jacobsen	8.2	84	2	0	7	4	2/2
27Kamari Doyle	6.6	90	0	0	0	0	1/1
11Liam Cullen sub	6.3	30	0	0	0	0	1/3
36Sammy Braybrooke sub	6.7	29	0	0	0	0	1/1
7Wes Burns sub	6.3	14	0	0	0	0	0/1
14Bobby De Cordova-Reid sub	7.0	10	1	0	1	1	0/1
24Ilari Kangasniemi sub	6.7	10	0	0	0	0	-

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
29Alex McCarthy	7.5	37	28	76%	0	-
5Caleb Okoli	9.2	120	106	88%	3	-
15Harry Souttar	7.9	55	50	91%	0	-
16Warren O'Hora	7.0	77	68	88%	0	-
25Louis Page	7.3	85	79	93%	0	0/2
33Luke Thomas	7.3	48	38	79%	1	1/1
12Will Smallbone	8.2	69	60	87%	1	1/3
37William Alves	7.7	20	17	85%	3	3/6
8Conor Chaplin C	6.3	31	24	77%	0	-
17Emil Riis Jacobsen	8.2	28	21	75%	2	-
27Kamari Doyle	6.6	34	30	88%	0	1/1
11Liam Cullen sub	6.3	24	20	83%	0	0/1
36Sammy Braybrooke sub	6.7	35	32	91%	0	-
7Wes Burns sub	6.3	7	5	71%	0	-
14Bobby De Cordova-Reid sub	7.0	3	2	67%	0	-
24Ilari Kangasniemi sub	6.7	3	3	100%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
29Alex McCarthy	7.5	0	0	1	0	-	0	0	0
5Caleb Okoli	9.2	2	1	6	1	5/10	2	3	1
15Harry Souttar	7.9	2	1	7	0	6/8	3	1	0
16Warren O'Hora	7.0	0	2	2	1	0/1	0	1	1
25Louis Page	7.3	3	0	1	0	5/11	0	4	0
33Luke Thomas	7.3	2	1	1	0	5/12	2	5	1
12Will Smallbone	8.2	1	0	0	0	4/8	2	2	1
37William Alves	7.7	1	1	0	0	7/9	0	0	0
8Conor Chaplin C	6.3	0	0	1	0	1/3	1	1	0
17Emil Riis Jacobsen	8.2	1	1	1	0	5/6	2	0	0
27Kamari Doyle	6.6	1	0	1	0	3/7	0	1	0
11Liam Cullen sub	6.3	0	0	0	0	3/6	1	0	0
36Sammy Braybrooke sub	6.7	2	0	0	0	4/7	0	2	0
7Wes Burns sub	6.3	1	0	1	0	1/2	0	0	0
14Bobby De Cordova-Reid sub	7.0	2	0	0	0	2/4	0	0	0
24Ilari Kangasniemi sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
29Alex McCarthy	7.5	90	2	1	1	0	0

Player statistics - Wigan

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	On target	Dribbles	Offsides
41Joe Whitworth	6.7	90	0	0	-	0
2Connor Barrett	6.5	90	1	0	1/2	0
5Finley Burns	6.7	69	0	0	-	0
23James Carragher	6.9	90	0	0	-	1
4Jeremiah Mullen	6.0	32	0	0	-	0
21K'Marni Miller	6.9	68	1	0	0/1	0
27Bradley Burrowes	6.3	90	1	0	-	1
6Jensen Weir C	6.3	90	0	0	-	0
10Reggie Walsh	5.7	90	0	0	1/1	0
11Dara Costelloe	6.9	58	1	0	0/1	0
25Scott Hogan	6.6	68	1	1	-	0
3Morgan Fox sub	6.2	58	1	1	-	0
19Chris Sze sub	6.2	32	0	0	0/1	0
38Christian Saydee sub	6.2	22	0	0	-	0
22Jon Mellish sub	6.3	22	0	0	-	0
17Akeel Higgins sub	6.7	21	0	0	0/1	0

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
41Joe Whitworth	6.7	34	24	71%	0	-
2Connor Barrett	6.5	14	11	79%	1	2/5
5Finley Burns	6.7	35	29	83%	0	-
23James Carragher	6.9	48	45	94%	0	-
4Jeremiah Mullen	6.0	21	16	76%	0	-
21K'Marni Miller	6.9	11	7	64%	1	2/3
27Bradley Burrowes	6.3	29	25	86%	0	-
6Jensen Weir C	6.3	54	44	81%	0	1/1
10Reggie Walsh	5.7	53	45	85%	0	0/3
11Dara Costelloe	6.9	10	8	80%	1	-
25Scott Hogan	6.6	6	4	67%	0	-
3Morgan Fox sub	6.2	32	23	72%	0	0/2
19Chris Sze sub	6.2	7	5	71%	0	-
38Christian Saydee sub	6.2	2	2	100%	1	-
22Jon Mellish sub	6.3	6	4	67%	0	-
17Akeel Higgins sub	6.7	8	7	88%	1	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
41Joe Whitworth	6.7	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
2Connor Barrett	6.5	1	0	0	0	4/6	1	0	0
5Finley Burns	6.7	0	3	1	1	4/5	2	1	1
23James Carragher	6.9	2	4	3	5	3/6	1	0	0
4Jeremiah Mullen	6.0	0	0	0	0	0/4	0	2	1
21K'Marni Miller	6.9	2	1	3	0	3/7	0	1	1
27Bradley Burrowes	6.3	2	0	0	0	3/6	0	1	0
6Jensen Weir C	6.3	2	5	2	0	3/6	0	0	0
10Reggie Walsh	5.7	0	4	0	0	5/16	0	3	1
11Dara Costelloe	6.9	1	0	1	0	7/12	0	0	0
25Scott Hogan	6.6	0	0	2	0	3/7	2	0	0
3Morgan Fox sub	6.2	1	1	2	0	3/3	2	0	0
19Chris Sze sub	6.2	0	2	0	0	1/5	0	2	0
38Christian Saydee sub	6.2	0	0	0	0	1/4	1	0	0
22Jon Mellish sub	6.3	1	1	0	0	1/3	0	1	0
17Akeel Higgins sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	2/4	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
41Joe Whitworth	6.7	90	2	1	0	3	0

Head-to-head

No previous meetings of these clubs in the data.

Form: last 9 matches

	Leicester	Wigan
W-D-L	4-1-4	3-1-5
Scored (per match)	20 (2.2)	9 (1.0)
Conceded (per match)	17 (1.9)	13 (1.4)
Clean sheets	1 / 9	2 / 9
Both teams scored	7 / 9	4 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	8 / 9	5 / 9

Recent form - Leicester

L24 October 2026 • League One • Luton 2 : 1 Leicester (Half-time 1 : 0)
W20 October 2026 • League One • Bromley 0 : 4 Leicester (Half-time 0 : 3)
W17 October 2026 • League One • Leicester 2 : 1 Doncaster (Half-time 1 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • League One • Leicester 1 : 3 Peterborough (Half-time 0 : 3)
L6 October 2026 • EFL Trophy • Stevenage 2 : 1 Leicester (Half-time 1 : 0)
W22 September 2026 • EFL Trophy • Leicester 6 : 1 Fulham U21 (Half-time 5 : 1)
D19 September 2026 • League One • Barnsley 1 : 1 Leicester (Half-time 0 : 1)
W12 September 2026 • League One • Stockport County 3 : 4 Leicester (Half-time 1 : 2)
L5 September 2026 • League One • Leicester 0 : 4 Oxford Utd (Half-time 0 : 1)

Recent form - Wigan

L24 October 2026 • League One • Huddersfield 2 : 1 Wigan (Half-time 1 : 0)
L20 October 2026 • League One • Oxford Utd 2 : 1 Wigan (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • League One • Wigan 1 : 0 Reading (Half-time 0 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • League One • Stevenage 1 : 0 Wigan (Half-time 0 : 0)
W22 September 2026 • EFL Trophy • Wigan 3 : 2 Blackpool (Half-time 1 : 0)
L19 September 2026 • League One • Wigan 0 : 1 Wycombe (Half-time 0 : 0)
D12 September 2026 • League One • Sheffield Wed 0 : 0 Wigan (Half-time 0 : 0)
L5 September 2026 • League One • Wigan 0 : 4 Stockport County (Half-time 0 : 3)
W2 September 2026 • League One • Wigan 3 : 1 MK Dons (Half-time 1 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield	12	7	4	1	24	11	+13	25
2	Stockport County	13	7	2	4	24	13	+11	23
3	Oxford Utd	11	6	4	1	19	10	+9	22
4	Bradford City	12	6	4	2	10	5	+5	22
5	Plymouth	13	7	1	5	21	19	+2	22
6	Reading	12	6	3	3	25	13	+12	21
7	Cambridge Utd	13	5	6	2	21	18	+3	21
8	Luton	12	6	2	4	24	20	+4	20
9	Sheffield Wed	12	5	4	3	21	13	+8	19
10	Mansfield	11	5	3	3	20	16	+4	18
11	Leicester	12	5	3	4	20	17	+3	18
12	Burton	13	4	5	4	18	19	-1	17
13	Stevenage	11	4	3	4	15	11	+4	15
14	MK Dons	12	3	6	3	16	19	-3	15
15	Wycombe	12	3	6	3	19	23	-4	15
16	Leyton Orient	12	4	2	6	16	14	+2	14
17	AFC Wimbledon	12	3	4	5	8	19	-11	13
18	Doncaster	12	3	3	6	13	16	-3	12
19	Notts County	11	2	5	4	11	14	-3	11
20	Blackpool	11	3	2	6	16	20	-4	11
21	Peterborough	12	2	4	6	11	21	-10	10
22	Bromley	12	2	3	7	11	30	-19	9
23	Barnsley	11	2	2	7	11	21	-10	8
24	Wigan	12	2	1	9	8	20	-12	7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	7	5	1	1	17	7	+10	16
2	Huddersfield	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9	14
3	Luton	7	4	2	1	12	7	+5	14
4	Stockport County	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12
5	Oxford Utd	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12
6	Mansfield	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5	11
7	Cambridge Utd	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	11
8	Bradford City	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
9	Stevenage	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
10	Burton	7	2	4	1	12	10	+2	10
11	Sheffield Wed	6	2	3	1	13	4	+9	9
12	Plymouth	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9
13	MK Dons	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
14	Leicester	6	3	0	3	9	10	-1	9
15	AFC Wimbledon	6	2	3	1	3	4	-1	9
16	Notts County	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
17	Blackpool	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8
18	Doncaster	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
19	Wycombe	6	1	3	2	10	12	-2	6
20	Leyton Orient	6	2	0	4	7	10	-3	6
21	Wigan	5	2	0	3	4	8	-4	6
22	Peterborough	5	1	2	2	5	7	-2	5
23	Bromley	6	1	2	3	4	14	-10	5
24	Barnsley	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth	7	4	1	2	13	12	+1	13
2	Bradford City	7	3	3	1	4	3	+1	12
3	Stockport County	7	3	2	2	10	5	+5	11
4	Huddersfield	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
5	Oxford Utd	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10
6	Cambridge Utd	6	2	4	0	9	7	+2	10
7	Sheffield Wed	6	3	1	2	8	9	-1	10
8	Leicester	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
9	Wycombe	6	2	3	1	9	11	-2	9
10	Leyton Orient	6	2	2	2	9	4	+5	8
11	Mansfield	6	2	1	3	10	11	-1	7
12	Burton	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3	7
13	Luton	5	2	0	3	12	13	-1	6
14	MK Dons	6	1	3	2	7	10	-3	6
15	Reading	5	1	2	2	8	6	+2	5
16	Stevenage	5	1	2	2	6	5	+1	5
17	Peterborough	7	1	2	4	6	14	-8	5
18	Doncaster	6	1	1	4	7	10	-3	4
19	Barnsley	6	1	1	4	6	11	-5	4
20	Bromley	6	1	1	4	7	16	-9	4
21	AFC Wimbledon	6	1	1	4	5	15	-10	4
22	Notts County	5	0	3	2	4	8	-4	3
23	Blackpool	5	1	0	4	4	9	-5	3
24	Wigan	7	0	1	6	4	12	-8	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	D. Ballard	Leyton Orient	15	0	4
2	L. Tolaj	Plymouth	12	0	0
2	Y. Salech	Cardiff	12	0	0
4	A. Fletcher	Blackpool	11	0	4
5	K. Wootton	Stockport County	11	0	0
6	D. Keillor-Dunn	Barnsley	11	0	7
7	L. Castledine	Huddersfield	10	0	0
1	A. Collins	Milton Keynes Dons	9	1	3
8	J. Marriott	Reading	9	0	3
9	J. Wareham	Exeter	9	0	0
10	G. Kodua	Luton	9	0	0
2	J. Marriott	Reading	8	0	0
3	Leon Kyle	Stockport County	8	0	0
4	J. Taylor	Huddersfield	8	1	0
11	A. Connolly	Leyton Orient	8	0	0
11	H. Leonard	Peterborough	8	0	0
11	J. Beesley	Burton	8	0	0
11	L. Wing	Reading	8	0	2
15	O. Bailey	Doncaster	8	0	0
16	J. Reid	Stevenage	8	0	0
7	Emil Riis	Leicester City	6	0	0
30	Liam Cullen	Leicester City	3	0	0
39	John Lundstram	Leicester City	3	0	0