Leicester vs Derby County 29/12/2025

Leicester

King Power Stadium

29 Dec 2025, 20:45

2:1

Finished

Derby County

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

6'

Goal

Bobby Reid(Abdul Fatawu)

R. Brewster(C. Elder)

Goal

9'

41'

Goal

Jordan James(Luke Thomas)

2ND HALF

50'

Injured

H. Choudhury

51'

Ricardo Pereira

H. Choudhury

65'

Silko Thomas

Jordan Ayew

65'

Aaron Ramsey

Bobby Reid

Ben Brereton

C. Taylor

67'

R. Brewster

L. Salvesen

67'

68'

Injured

Aaron Ramsey

69'

Jeremy Monga

Abdul Fatawu

69'

Louis Page

Aaron Ramsey

Bobby Clark

Injured

72'

Bobby Clark

A. Weimann

73'

83'

Jordan James

C. Elder

K. Jackson

89'

Ebou Adams

Lewis Travis

89'

K. Jackson

96'

Liam Thompson

96'

Match statistics

44%Possession56%

353Passes Attempted434

266Completed Passes340

3Corners4

21Throw-ins23

8Shots On Target8

Line-ups

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Benjamin

#4Nelson

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

Hamza Dewan

#17Choudhury

Jordan Anthony

#6James

Oliver William

#22Skipp

Bobby

#14Armani Decordova-Reid

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
Ben Nelson #4
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33	🎯41'
H. Choudhury #17	50' 51'
Jordan James #6	83' ⚽41'
Oliver Skipp #22
Bobby Reid #14	65' ⚽6'
S. Mavididi #10
Abdul Fatawu #7	69' 🎯6'
Jordan Ayew #9	65'

Will not play

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Early April 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Benjamin

#4Nelson

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

Hamza Dewan

#17Choudhury

Jordan Anthony

#6James

Oliver William

#22Skipp

Bobby

#14Armani Decordova-Reid

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
Ben Nelson #4
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33	🎯41'
H. Choudhury #17	50' 51'
Jordan James #6	83' ⚽41'
Oliver Skipp #22
Bobby Reid #14	65' ⚽6'
S. Mavididi #10
Abdul Fatawu #7	69' 🎯6'
Jordan Ayew #9	65'

Will not play

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Early April 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Derby County

Formation

4-4-2

Jacob Mikael

#1Widell Zetterström

Matthew Edward

#5Barkell Clarke

Dion Dannie

#28Leonard Sanderson

Callum Roddie

#20Elder

Sondre

#6Klingen Langås

Liam Francis

#16Thompson

Ebrima

#32Adams

Bobby

#42Clark

Benjamin Anthony

#25Brereton Díaz

Patrick

#7Agyemang

Rhian Joel

#10Brewster

Starting XI

J. Widell #1
Matt Clarke #5
D. Sanderson #28
C. Elder #20	89' 🎯9'
S. Langås #6
Liam Thompson #16	96'
Ebou Adams #32	89'
Bobby Clark #42	72' 73'
Ben Brereton #25	67'
P. Agyemang #7
R. Brewster #10	67' ⚽9'

Will not play

Daniel Tanveer

Daniel Tanveer Batth

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Josh

Josh Vickers

Goalkeeper

Hamstring Injury

Return: Mid April 2026

Lars-Jørgen

Lars-Jørgen Salvesen

Forward

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Liam Francis

Liam Francis Thompson

Midfielder

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Jacob Mikael

Jacob Mikael Widell Zetterström

Goalkeeper

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Sondre

Sondre Klingen Langås

Defender

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late March 2026

Max

Max Johnston

Defender

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Derby County

John Eustace

Head-to-head

42 matches

Leicester

Leicester

20

Wins

8

Draws

14

Wins

Derby County

Derby County

Friendly2022 • 1 match

Derby County

Leicester

FA Cup2017 • 2 matches

Leicester

Derby County

Derby County

Leicester

Championship2014 • 1 match

Leicester

Derby County

Championship2013 • 2 matches

Derby County

Leicester

Derby County

Leicester

EFL Cup2013 • 1 match

Leicester

Derby County

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	38	23	8	7	78:40	+38	77	WWWWL
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59:37	+22	70	DWWLD
3	Ipswich Town	37	19	11	7	66:38	+28	68	WWDDW
4	Millwall	38	20	8	10	52:43	+9	68	WWWWL
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59:56	+3	63	WLLWL
6	Southampton	38	16	12	10	61:48	+13	60	WWDWW
7	Wrexham AFC	38	16	12	10	58:50	+8	60	WWLWL
8	Derby County	38	16	9	13	55:48	+7	57	LWWLW
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50:46	+4	55	LWDLW
10	Birmingham City	38	14	11	13	48:48	0	53	LLLWD
11	Swansea City	38	15	7	16	44:46	-2	52	DLWWL
12	Norwich City	38	15	6	17	51:46	+5	51	WWWWL
13	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	45:40	+5	51	WLLDW
14	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49:49	0	51	WLLLD
15	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53:52	+1	50	LWDLD
16	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	8	16	49:60	-11	50	LLLLW
17	Preston North End	38	12	13	13	42:48	-6	49	DLLLL
18	Charlton Athletic	38	12	12	14	36:45	-9	48	DLWWD
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	9	18	36:49	-13	42	LLDLW
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36:48	-12	40	LLDLL
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39:54	-15	40	DLDDW
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36:49	-13	39	LWWWD
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51:60	-9	38	DLDWL
24	Sheffield Wed	38	1	9	28	23:76	-53	-6	LLLDL

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Venue:

King Power Stadium

Capacity:

32 312

Leicester vs Derby County match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Leicester and Derby County. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.