Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

Next Match | Tuesday 21 April Tue 21 Apr

HUL

(H)

01 D

23 H

33 M

04 S

Interviews & Features

Heritage

Photos

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

The Sky Bet Championship serves up the latest instalment of the M69 Derby this Saturday lunchtime as we host Coventry City (12:30pm kick-off).

2025-09-18T11:00+01:00

by Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

Published

18 Sep, 2025

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

The Sky Bet Championship serves up the latest instalment of the M69 Derby this Saturday lunchtime as we host Coventry City (12:30pm kick-off).

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-09-18T11:00+01:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

The Sky Bet Championship serves up the latest instalment of the M69 Derby this Saturday lunchtime as we host Coventry City (12:30pm kick-off).

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-09-18T11:00+01:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

The Sky Bet Championship serves up the latest instalment of the M69 Derby this Saturday lunchtime as we host Coventry City (12:30pm kick-off).

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-09-18T11:00+01:00

Stat Pack: Leicester City vs. Coventry City

The Sky Bet Championship serves up the latest instalment of the M69 Derby this Saturday lunchtime as we host Coventry City (12:30pm kick-off).

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-09-18T11:00+01:00

With both clubs looking upwards in the table this season, this meeting renews a rivalry that has spanned over a century and more than 80 competitive clashes.

This weekend, the Foxes will look to extend their excellent recent home record against Coventry, having gone unbeaten in the last nine such fixtures – a run stretching back to before our move to King Power Stadium back in 2002.

Previous encounters

This will be the 89th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions. We have the historical edge, with 38 victories recorded over Coventry. We have also enjoyed the upper hand in the most recent clashes, winning 2-1 at King Power Stadium on the opening day of 23/24, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scoring three goals across the two league fixtures that year.

Coventry’s last away victory in Leicester came in 2001, while the Sky Blues’ most recent success overall was in January 2024, when Callum O’Hare’s brace helped secure a 3-1 win at Coventry Building Society Arena.

Landmark moments

Few matches in the history of this derby carry more significance than the April 1969 clash at Highfield Road. A late penalty award to Leicester was controversially overturned, Coventry went on to win, and the Foxes were relegated by a single point – with the Sky Blues staying up in their place.

Other memorable contests include the 8-1 League Cup victory for City in 1964, with four different Foxes getting on the scoresheet. In 1977, three penalties were awarded in a single game at Filbert Street, while 14 red cards have been shown across the years.

The biggest crowd for a Leicester-Coventry game came in that fateful 1969 decider, when 41,486 supporters packed into Highfield Road. Brian Deane's 89th-minute winner in 2002 sealed our first Coventry success at King Power Stadium (then called Walkers Stadium) and we are yet to suffer defeat in this fixture on home soil since leaving Filbert Street.

Played for both & top scorers

Over the decades, many high-profile names have represented both clubs. The list includes James Maddison, Kasper Schmeichel, Steve Walsh, Kevin MacDonald, Gerry Daly, Julian Joachim, and Gary McAllister among others. Brian Alderson and Dion Dublin both scored in this fixture for each side during their careers.

As for the goal charts, Arthur Chandler leads the way for Leicester with eight goals against Coventry, a tally that still stands nearly a century later. For the Sky Blues, Tom English holds the best return with four goals, including the only post-war hat-trick in the history of the rivalry.

LATEST HEADLINES

Rowett ‘Deeply Frustrated’ After Pompey Defeat Gary Rowett expressed his frustrations following Saturday’s 1-0 away defeat to Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

11 Hours 11 Mins Ago

U18s Lose Out To Norwich Norwich City claimed all three points in Saturday's U18 Premier League South clash at LCFC Training Ground.

18 Apr, 2026

City Fall To Defeat At Fratton Park Portsmouth came away with a 1-0 success over Leicester City in Saturday’s crunch Sky Bet Championship clash at Fratton Park.

18 Apr, 2026