2023–24 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2023–24 season
Leicester City's chairman and players celebrate promotion after winning the Championship title
OwnerKing Power
ChairmanAiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerEnzo Maresca
StadiumKing Power Stadium
Championship1st (promoted)
FA CupQuarter-finals
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Vardy (18)
All:
Jamie Vardy (20)

The 2023–24 season was the 119th season in the existence of Leicester City Football Club, and their 63rd (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. This season marked the club's return to the Championship after nine consecutive seasons in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

The Foxes officially sealed promotion back to the Premier League following Queens Park Rangers' 4–0 win against Leeds United on 26 April 2024.[1] Three days later, following a 3–0 victory away to Preston North End, Leicester secured the Championship title and their record eighth second-tier title with one match to spare.[2]

Management team

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Position Name
Manager Italy Enzo Maresca
Assistant Manager Argentina Willy Caballero
First team coach England Danny Walker
First team goalkeeper coach Italy Michele De Bernardin

Kits

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Home
Away
Third
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Players

[edit]

Squad information

[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 10 May 2024. Appearances include all competitions.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Danny Ward Wales GK (1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 31) 2018 2025 England Liverpool 47 0
30 Mads Hermansen Denmark GK (2000-07-11)11 July 2000 (aged 23) 2023 2028[4] Denmark Brøndby 44 0
41 Jakub Stolarczyk Poland GK (2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 23) 2019 2026 Youth Academy 9 0
Defenders
2 James Justin England LB / RB (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 26) 2019 2026 England Luton Town 128 7
3 Wout Faes Belgium CB (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (aged 26) 2022 2027 France Reims 82 3
4 Conor Coady England CB (1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 31) 2023 2026[5] England Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 0
5 Callum Doyle (on loan) England CB (2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 20) 2023 2024[6] England Manchester City 23 0
15 Harry Souttar Australia CB (1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 25) 2023 2028 England Stoke City 16 0
21 Ricardo Pereira Portugal RB (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 30) 2018 2026 Portugal Porto 169 13
23 Jannik Vestergaard Denmark CB (1992-08-03)3 August 1992 (aged 31) 2021 2024 England Southampton 67 2
45 Ben Nelson England CB (2004-03-18)18 March 2004 (aged 20) 2021 2027[7] Youth Academy 8 1
Midfielders
8 Harry Winks England CM (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 28) 2023 2026[8] England Tottenham Hotspur 48 2
11 Marc Albrighton England RW / LW / RWB / LWB (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 34) 2015 2024 England Aston Villa 313 19
17 Hamza Choudhury England DM / RB / LB (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 26) 2015 2027[9] Youth Academy 125 2
22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall England CM (1998-09-06)6 September 1998 (aged 25) 2017 2027 Youth Academy 129 17
25 Wilfred Ndidi Nigeria DM / CM (1996-12-16)16 December 1996 (aged 27) 2017 2024 Belgium Genk 273 17
26 Dennis Praet Belgium CM / AM (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 30) 2019 2024 Italy Sampdoria 107 5
35 Kasey McAteer England AM / RW (2001-11-22)22 November 2001 (aged 22) 2021 2025 Youth Academy 30 7
37 Will Alves England AM (2005-05-04)4 May 2005 (aged 19) 2022 Youth Academy 2 0
47 Arjan Raikhy England CM (2002-10-20)20 October 2002 (aged 21) 2023 – Youth Academy 3 0
58 Brandon Cover England DM (2003-09-25)25 September 2003 (aged 20) 2021 – Youth Academy 1 0
Attackers
9 Jamie Vardy England ST (1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 37) 2012 2024 England Fleetwood Town 464 190
10 Stephy Mavididi England LW (1998-05-31)31 May 1998 (aged 26) 2023 2028[10] France Montpellier 48 13
14 Kelechi Iheanacho Nigeria ST (1996-10-03)3 October 1996 (aged 27) 2017 2024 England Manchester City 232 61
18 Abdul Fatawu (on loan) Ghana RW / LW / AM (2004-03-08)8 March 2004 (aged 20) 2023 2024[11] Portugal Sporting CP 43 7
20 Patson Daka Zambia ST (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 25) 2021 2026 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 96 22
28 Tom Cannon Republic of Ireland ST (2002-12-28)28 December 2002 (aged 21) 2023 2028[12] England Everton 16 3
29 Yunus Akgün (on loan) Turkey RW / AM (2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (aged 23) 2023 2024[13] Turkey Galatasaray 29 2
39 Tawanda Maswanhise Zimbabwe LW (2002-11-20)20 November 2002 (aged 21) 2021 2024 Youth Academy 1 0
40 Wanya Marçal Portugal LW / RW (2002-10-19)19 October 2002 (aged 21) 2022 2026[14] Youth Academy 9 1
Out on loan
16 Victor Kristiansen Denmark LB (2002-12-16)16 December 2002 (aged 21) 2023 2028 Denmark Copenhagen 14 0
24 Boubakary Soumaré France DM (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 25) 2021 2026 France Lille 60 0
31 Daniel Iversen Denmark GK (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 (aged 27) 2018 2025 Youth Academy 17 0
33 Luke Thomas England LB (2001-06-10)10 June 2001 (aged 23) 2020 2026[15] Youth Academy 85 2

Transfers

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In

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Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2023 CM England Harry Winks England Tottenham Hotspur £10,000,000 First team [8][16]
1 July 2023 CB England Conor Coady England Wolverhampton Wanderers £8,500,000 First team [5][16]
18 July 2023 GK Denmark Mads Hermansen Denmark Brøndby Undisclosed First team [4]
31 July 2023 LW England Stephy Mavididi France Montpellier Undisclosed First team [10]
17 August 2023 CM England Arjan Raikhy England Aston Villa Free transfer Academy [17]
1 September 2023 ST Republic of Ireland Tom Cannon England Everton Undisclosed First team [12]

Out

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Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Team Ref.
28 June 2023 AM England James Maddison England Tottenham Hotspur £40,000,000 First team [18][19]
30 June 2023 RB / CB Ghana Daniel Amartey Turkey Beşiktaş End of contract First team [20][21]
30 June 2023 LB England Ryan Bertrand End of contract First team [20]
30 June 2023 GK England Kelechi Chibueze England Sunderland Released Academy [22][23]
30 June 2023 CF Belgium Josh Eppiah Brazil Amazonas Released Academy [22][24]
30 June 2023 CB Northern Ireland Jonny Evans England Manchester United End of contract First team [25]
30 June 2023 MF South Africa Khanya Leshabela South Africa Cape Town City Released Academy [22][26]
30 June 2023 DM Senegal Nampalys Mendy France Lens End of contract First team [20][27]
30 June 2023 CB England Ronny Nelson England Colchester United Released Academy [22][28]
30 June 2023 FW England Terell Pennant England Coalville Town Released Academy [22][29]
30 June 2023 SS / RW / AM Spain Ayoze Pérez Spain Real Betis End of contract First team [20][30]
30 June 2023 CB Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü Spain Atlético Madrid End of contract First team [20][31]
30 June 2023 CB Guyana Bayli Spencer-Adams Released Academy [22]
30 June 2023 MF Thailand Thanawat Suengchitthawon Thailand Muangthong United Released Academy [22][32]
30 June 2023 CM Belgium Youri Tielemans England Aston Villa End of contract First team [20][33]
6 July 2023 CB England Freddie Cook Wales Cardiff City Released Academy [22][34]
13 July 2023 CF England George Hirst England Ipswich Town Undisclosed Academy [35]
23 July 2023 LW England Harvey Barnes England Newcastle United £38,000,000 First team [36][37]
2 August 2023 GK United States Chituru Odunze United States Crown Legacy Undisclosed Academy [38]
29 August 2023 RB / LB Belgium Timothy Castagne England Fulham Undisclosed First team [39]
4 January 2024 AM England Ethan Fitzhugh England Banbury United Undisclosed Academy [40]
22 January 2024 GK England Alex Smithies Retired First team [41]

Loans in

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Date Position Nationality Player From Date until Team Ref.
14 July 2023 CB England Callum Doyle England Manchester City End of season First team [6]
15 August 2023 CM / AM Italy Cesare Casadei England Chelsea 19 January 2024[a] First team [42][43]
26 August 2023 RW / AM Turkey Yunus Akgün Turkey Galatasaray End of season First team [13]
31 August 2023 AM / RW Ghana Abdul Fatawu Portugal Sporting CP End of season First team [11]
  1. ^ On 19 January, Casadei was recalled by Chelsea from his season-long loan.

Loans out

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Date Position Nationality Player To Date until Team Ref.
1 July 2023 CF Ghana Nathan Opoku Belgium OH Leuven End of season Academy [44]
25 August 2023 CB / RB England Lewis Brunt England Mansfield Town End of season Academy [45]
30 August 2023 LB Denmark Victor Kristiansen Italy Bologna End of season First team [46]
31 August 2023 LB England Luke Thomas England Sheffield United 12 January 2024[a] First team [47][48]
1 September 2023 CM United States Zach Booth Netherlands Volendam End of season Academy [49]
1 September 2023 DM France Boubakary Soumaré Spain Sevilla End of season First team [50]
2 November 2023 CM England Jack Lewis England Basford United 1 January 2024 Academy [51]
25 November 2023 CB Netherlands Paul Appiah England Maidstone United 25 January 2024[b] Academy [52][53]
5 January 2024 GK Denmark Daniel Iversen England Stoke City End of season First team [54]
26 January 2024 LB England Luke Thomas England Middlesbrough End of season First team [55]
  1. ^ On 12 January, Thomas returned back early from his season-long loan at Sheffield United.
  2. ^ On 3 January, Appiah's loan at Maidstone was extended by a further three weeks.

Pre-season and friendlies

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Leicester City announced that they would embark on a South East Asia tour as part of their pre-season preparations. The club played domestic friendlies against Peterborough United and Northampton Town, as well as a friendly against its sister club, OH Leuven, behind closed doors.[56] Leicester were due to play against Tottenham Hotspur on 23 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, before the match was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Leicester played against Liverpool in the Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy in Singapore on 30 July 2023.[57][58][59][60]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly Leicester City 1–2 Peterborough United Leicester
12:00 BST
  • Pereira 39'
 Report
Stadium: Leicester City Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
15 July 2023 Friendly Northampton Town 0–1 Leicester City Northampton
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 7,765
Referee: Dean Whitestone
19 July 2023 Friendly Leicester City 4–2 OH Leuven Leicester
11:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Leicester City Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played in three periods of 45 minutes each.
23 July 2023 Friendly Leicester City Cancelled Tottenham Hotspur Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 ICT (UTC+7)
Note: Match was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
26 July 2023 Friendly Port 0–1 Leicester City Bangkok, Thailand
ICT (UTC+7) Report
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
30 July 2023 Singapore Trophy Liverpool 4–0 Leicester City Kallang, Singapore
17:00 SST (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 28,597
Referee: Farhad Bin Mohamed (Singapore)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 6 August 2023 4 May 2024 Matchday 1 Winners 46 31 4 11 89 41 +48 067.39
FA Cup 6 January 2024 17 March 2024 Third round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 075.00
EFL Cup 9 August 2023 27 September 2023 First round Third round 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 066.67
Total 53 36 4 13 103 50 +53 067.92

Source: Soccerway

EFL Championship

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Main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leicester City (C, P) 46 31 4 11 89 41 +48 97 Promoted to the Premier League
2 Ipswich Town (P) 46 28 12 6 92 57 +35 96
3 Leeds United 46 27 9 10 81 43 +38 90 Qualified for the Championship play-offs
4 Southampton (O, P) 46 26 9 11 87 63 +24 87
5 West Bromwich Albion 46 21 12 13 70 47 +23 75
6 Norwich City 46 21 10 15 79 64 +15 73
Source: EFL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[61]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 31 4 11 89 41  +48 97 17 1 5 47 18  +29 14 3 6 42 23  +19

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373940414243443814546
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAAHHAAHHAH
ResultWWWWLWWWWWWWWWLLWDWWWWWDWWLDWWWWLLLWDLWWLLWWWL
Position7221322111111111111111111111111111111331121111
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

Matches

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The Championship fixtures were released on 22 June 2023.[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 August 2023 1 Leicester City 2–1 Coventry City Leicester
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,763
Referee: Darren Bond
12 August 2023 2 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Leicester City Huddersfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 19,541
Referee: David Webb
19 August 2023 3 Leicester City 2–1 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,595
Referee: Graham Scott
26 August 2023 4 Rotherham United 1–2 Leicester City Rotherham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 11,418
Referee: Simon Hooper
2 September 2023 5 Leicester City 0–1 Hull City Leicester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,318
Referee: John Busby
15 September 2023 6 Southampton 1–4 Leicester City Southampton
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 28,877
Referee: Bobby Madley
20 September 2023 7 Norwich City 0–2 Leicester City Norwich
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,277
Referee: Graham Scott
23 September 2023 8 Leicester City 1–0 Bristol City Leicester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,679
Referee: James Bell
1 October 2023 9 Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Leicester City Blackburn
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,937
Referee: James Linington
4 October 2023 10 Leicester City 3–0 Preston North End Leicester
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 30,380
Referee: Thomas Bramall
7 October 2023 11 Leicester City 2–0 Stoke City Leicester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,589
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 October 2023 12 Swansea City 1–3 Leicester City Swansea
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Attendance: 18,509
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
24 October 2023 13 Leicester City 1–0 Sunderland Leicester
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 30,951
Referee: Keith Stroud
28 October 2023 14 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Leicester City White City
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,385
Referee: Leigh Doughty
3 November 2023 15 Leicester City 0–1 Leeds United Leicester
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,011
Referee: Dean Whitestone
11 November 2023 16 Middlesbrough 1–0 Leicester City Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 30,042
Referee: Oliver Langford
25 November 2023 17 Leicester City 2–0 Watford Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,577
Referee: Sam Allison
29 November 2023 18 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Leicester City Sheffield
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 26,036
Referee: Samuel Barrott
2 December 2023 19 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Leicester City West Bromwich
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,382
Referee: Tim Robinson
9 December 2023 20 Leicester City 4–0 Plymouth Argyle Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,265
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
13 December 2023 21 Leicester City 3–2 Millwall Leicester
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 28,960
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 December 2023 22 Birmingham City 2–3 Leicester City Birmingham
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 20,334
Referee: David Webb
23 December 2023 23 Leicester City 3–0 Rotherham United Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,175
Referee: Darren Bond
26 December 2023 24 Ipswich Town 1–1 Leicester City Ipswich
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 29,410
Referee: Samuel Barrott
29 December 2023 25 Cardiff City 0–2 Leicester City Cardiff
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 24,656
Referee: John Busby
1 January 2024 26 Leicester City 4–1 Huddersfield Town Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 30,407
Referee: Sam Allison
13 January 2024 27 Coventry City 3–1 Leicester City Coventry
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 29,914
Referee: Darren England
22 January 2024 28 Leicester City 1–1 Ipswich Town Leicester
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,794
Referee: Joshua Smith
30 January 2024 29 Leicester City 3–1 Swansea City Leicester
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 28,025
Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 27 January, but was postponed due to both club's progression in the FA Cup.[63]
3 February 2024 30 Stoke City 0–5 Leicester City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 22,657
Referee: Lewis Smith
10 February 2024 31 Watford 1–2 Leicester City Watford
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Oliver Langford
13 February 2024 32 Leicester City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Leicester
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,550
Referee: Tom Nield
17 February 2024 33 Leicester City 1–2 Middlesbrough Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,487
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
23 February 2024 34 Leeds United 3–1 Leicester City Leeds
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,954
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 24 February, but was moved to a day earlier for live Sky Sports coverage.[64]
2 March 2024 35 Leicester City 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Leicester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,439
Referee: Andy Davies
5 March 2024 36 Sunderland 0–1 Leicester City Sunderland
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 40,293
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
9 March 2024 37 Hull City 2–2 Leicester City Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 24,605
Referee: Samuel Barrott
29 March 2024 39 Bristol City 1–0 Leicester City Bristol
12:30 GMT
Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 25,857
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[65]
1 April 2024 40 Leicester City 3–1 Norwich City Leicester
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,825
Referee: Darren Bond
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[65]
6 April 2024 41 Leicester City 2–1 Birmingham City Leicester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,825
Referee: David Webb
9 April 2024 42 Millwall 1–0 Leicester City Bermondsey
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 14,889
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
Note: Fixture was selected for live Sky Sports broadcast.[66]
12 April 2024 43 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Leicester City Plymouth
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 16,861
Referee: Robert Jones
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 13 April, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[67]
20 April 2024 44 Leicester City 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Leicester
12:30 BST
Report