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City Lose Out To Stevenage In Jersey Mike’s Trophy

Stevenage came away with a 2-1 win in Tuesday night’s Jersey Mike’s Trophy encounter at SPORTA Arena.

2026-10-06T21:15+01:00

by Sam Jones

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06 Oct, 2026

City Lose Out To Stevenage In Jersey Mike’s Trophy

Stevenage came away with a 2-1 win in Tuesday night’s Jersey Mike’s Trophy encounter at SPORTA Arena.

Sam Jones

2026-10-06T21:15+01:00

City Lose Out To Stevenage In Jersey Mike’s Trophy

Stevenage came away with a 2-1 win in Tuesday night’s Jersey Mike’s Trophy encounter at SPORTA Arena.

Sam Jones

2026-10-06T21:15+01:00

City Lose Out To Stevenage In Jersey Mike’s Trophy

Stevenage came away with a 2-1 win in Tuesday night’s Jersey Mike’s Trophy encounter at SPORTA Arena.

Sam Jones

2026-10-06T21:15+01:00

City Lose Out To Stevenage In Jersey Mike’s Trophy

Stevenage came away with a 2-1 win in Tuesday night’s Jersey Mike’s Trophy encounter at SPORTA Arena.

Sam Jones

2026-10-06T21:15+01:00

A goal in each half from Wanya Marçal and Oliver Sanderson put Boro in control of the group-stage encounter before substitute Emil Riis pulled one back for the Foxes with just over 20 minutes to play, though it wasn’t enough to claim a share of the spoils.

The result leaves us second in Southern Group B with one group game left to play at home to Walsall on Tuesday 10 November (7pm GMT kick-off).

Peterborough United will arrive at King Power Stadium on Saturday, meanwhile, as our Sky Bet League One campaign resumes against Robbie Savage’s men (3pm kick-off).

Back to action

Over 900 Foxes fans made the journey down to Hertfordshire and, after beating Fulham Under-21s 6-1 in our last competitive fixture two weeks ago, we were raring to get back on the pitch following a positive start in this competition.

With five changes made from that victory, Russell Martin handed full debuts to Academy prospects Riley Carr and Tommy Neale, the latter having come on as a substitute against Fulham’s youngsters.

And while several players remain away on international duty, some have returned, including Harry Souttar, who captained the side after facing Brazil twice. The Australian international played alongside Christian McFarlane and Woyo Coulibaly in defence, who both came into the XI, too.

Alex Revell’s side, meanwhile, also started their campaign with a 6-1 triumph, away to Walsall, and looked confident having not played since that rout on the road.

Stevenage ahead

The Foxes began the brighter of the two sides, opening Stevenage up on multiple occasions. Kamari Doyle ended sharp Leicester moves by shooting narrowly wide twice in quick succession, prior to Tommy Watson seeing his effort blocked, set up by Carr’s energetic run forward.

But for all of that pressure, it was the hosts who broke through first. Dan Kemp played the ball wide for former Foxes winger Marçal, who cut inside and fired a left-footed strike in off the bar. Franco Ravizzoli was given no chance.

City chances continued to be created at regular intervals. Doyle’s left-footed strike looked to be heading for the far corner until a vital interception to head it away from goal, prior to Daniel Barden being called into action in the Stevenage goal, thwarting Watson and then palming away Neale’s volley.

Doyle was soon at the heart of the action again, playing in Carr, who saw Barden equal to his effort, while at the other end Marçal sent one over the top in what could have been a carbon copy of the opener.

Luke Thomas was introduced as a half-time substitute, replacing Olabade Aluko, and it was Leicester on the attack from the off in the second period. Carr, sprinting through the middle, saw a shot deflected wide.

The home side remained a threat as well, however, and Coulibaly had to be alert to prevent another goal, prior to Phoenix Patterson sending his left-footed attempt wide of the mark.

They would not be denied just before the hour mark as a glancing near-post header from Sanderson, from a corner, saw Stevenage establish a two-goal lead.

The response

Will Alves, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Emil Riis immediately came on as a triple change and Alves quickly made his impact, crossing for Doyle, whose diving header landed over the bar.

Another of those changes did manage to find the net; Riis emphatically firing into the far corner from a tight angle, after a neat pass threaded through the eye of a needle by Souttar.

From then on, it was all City. Harry Howell, on for Carr, connected with McFarlane’s cross at the back post, but couldn’t find a meaningful contact, with Alves then managing to get a shot away that the ‘keeper was equal to.

And, having set up the first, Souttar was on the hunt for a goal of his own, heading wide from Doyle’s free-kick, as the clear sights of goal kept on coming for the Foxes.

Leicester pushed to take the game to penalties for an bonus point, but Stevenage stood strong. McFarlane’s shot was headed behind by Kaelan Casey, followed by De Cordova-Reid’s snapshot at the near post landing wide, in what proved to be a frustrating evening.

All times BST.

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