2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City 2020–21
Club information
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Stadium	King Power Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Winners
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Season statistics
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The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season is the club's 116th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Leicester City will participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 27 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team
1 July 2020	AM		Thanawat Suengchitthawon	AS Nancy	Free transfer	Under-23s
3 September 2020	RB		Timothy Castagne	Atalanta	£21,000,000	First squad
4 September 2020	CM		Zach Booth	Real Salt Lake	Undisclosed	Under-23s

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Team
20 September 2020	RW		Cengiz Ünder	Roma	30 June 2021	First team

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team
11 August 2020	GK		Daniel Iversen	OH Leuven	30 June 2021	Under-23s
16 September 2020	CF		George Hirst	Rotherham United	31 May 2021	Under-23s
24 September 2020	CF		Josh Eppiah	OH Leuven	30 June 2021	Under-23s

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team
1 July 2020	LB		Calvin Bassey	Rangers	Free transfer	Under-23s
1 July 2020	RW		Faiq Bolkiah	Maritimo	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	GK		Rhys Davies	Unattached	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	RB		Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu	Unattached	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	GK		Viktor Johansson	Rotherham United	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	CB		Justen Kranthove	Unattached	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	CF		Ryan Loft	Scunthorpe United	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	AM		Conor Tee	Unattached	Released	Under-23s
1 July 2020	AM		George Thomas	Queens Park Rangers	Released	First team
27 July 2020	CM		Andy King	Unattached	Released	First team
13 August 2020	AM		Bartosz Kapustka	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	First team
20 August 2020	RB		Connor Barrett	Burnley	Free transfer	Academy
26 August 2020	LB		Ben Chilwell	Chelsea	£50,000,000	First team
31 August 2020	CM		Liam Loughlan	Salford City	Free transfer	Academy
25 September 2020	RW		Fousseni Diabaté	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	First team

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 26 August 2020	Birmingham City	0–2	Leicester City	Birmingham
13:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Dewsbury-Hall  53' Albrighton  71'	Stadium: Wast Hills Training Ground

Friendly 29 August 2020	Leicester City	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Loughborough
12:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

Friendly 5 September 2020	Leicester City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	Amartey  67'	Report	Williams  81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000003.0000003	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000004.0000004	+8	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
FA Cup	9 January 2021		Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup	23 September 2020		Third round	Third round	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000002.0000002	−2	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020		Group stage		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000003.0000003	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000006.0000006	+6	&0000000000000075.00000075.00

Last updated: 27 September 2020
Source: BBC

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	27	5	6	78	32	+46	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United	38	21	11	6	73	44	+29	74
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	68	42	+26	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	58	36	+22	67
5	Leicester City	38	20	6	12	68	50	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	West Ham United	38	19	8	11	62	47	+15	65
7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	8	12	68	45	+23	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8	Arsenal	38	18	7	13	55	39	+16	61
9	Leeds United	38	18	5	15	62	54	+8	59
10	Everton	38	17	8	13	47	48	−1	59
11	Aston Villa	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	55
12	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	46	62	−16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	9	17	36	52	−16	45
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	8	18	41	66	−25	44
15	Southampton	38	12	7	19	47	68	−21	43
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	14	15	40	46	−6	41
17	Burnley	38	10	9	19	33	55	−22	39
18	Fulham  (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion  (R)	38	5	11	22	35	76	−41	26
20	Sheffield United  (R)	38	7	2	29	20	63	−43	23

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

a. The fourth-placed team will play in the Europa League group stage instead of the Champions League group stage if Chelsea wins the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Arsenal or Manchester United win the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, and both winners finish in fifth place or lower.
b. Since both 2020–21 FA Cup finalists (Leicester City and Chelsea) would currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage berth awarded to the FA Cup winners would pass to the sixth-placed team.
c. Since 2020–21 EFL Cup winners Manchester City have qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners will transfer to the highest-placed Premier League team who have not already qualified for European competition, which is currently the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9	1	0	0	4	2	+2	2	0	0	8	2	+6

Last updated: 27 September 2020
Source: BBC

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.

1 13 September 2020	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Leicester City	West Bromwich
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ajayi 63'	Report	Justin 16' Castagne  56' Vardy  74' (pen.), 84' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor

2 20 September 2020	Leicester City	4–2	Burnley	Leicester
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barnes  20' Mendy 25' Pieters  50' (o.g.) Justin  61' Praet  79'	Report	Rodriguez 8' Wood  10' Dunne  73' Bardsley 90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason

3 27 September 2020	Manchester City	2–5	Leicester City	Manchester
16:30 BST (UTC+1)	Mahrez  4' Aké 60',  84'	Report	Tielemans 22',  88' (pen.) Vardy  37' (pen.), 54', 58' (pen.) Söyüncü 47' Amartey 51' Maddison  77'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

4 3 October 2020	Leicester City	v	West Ham United	Leicester
15:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: King Power Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

Third round 23 September 2020	Leicester City	0–2	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 BST		Report	Elneny 13' Fuchs  57' (o.g.) Nketiah  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group G

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Leicester City	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13	Advance to knockout phase
Braga	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	13
Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6
AEK Athens	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

1 22 October 2020	Leicester City	3–0	Zorya Luhansk	Leicester, England
20:00 BST	Maddison  29' Barnes  45' Iheanacho  67'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2 29 October 2020	AEK Athens	1–2	Leicester City	Athens, Greece
19:55 EET	Tanković  49'	Report	Vardy  18' (pen.) Choudhury  39'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

3 5 November 2020	Leicester City	4–0	Braga	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT	Iheanacho  21', 48' Praet  67' Maddison  78'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

4 26 November 2020	Braga	v	Leicester City	Braga, Portugal
17:55 WET				Stadium: Estádio Municipal

5 3 December 2020	Zorya Luhansk	v	Leicester City	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
19:55 EET				Stadium: Slavutych-Arena

6 10 December 2020	Leicester City	v	AEK Athens	Leicester, England
20:00 GMT				Stadium: King Power Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 27 September 2020

• Asterisk (*) indicates player left club during season
• Double asterisk (**) indicates player left on loan mid season
• Italics indicate a loaned player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		James Justin	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF		Jonny Evans	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Demarai Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Youri Tielemans	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	3	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		James Maddison	4	1	0+3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	GK		Danny Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	FW		Islam Slimani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF		Harvey Barnes	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Filip Benković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Ayoze Pérez	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Daniel Amartey	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF		Cengiz Ünder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Hamza Choudhury	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Matty James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Adrien Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Dennis Praet	4	1	3	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF		Timothy Castagne	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF		Rachid Ghezzal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF		Luke Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35	GK		Eldin Jakupović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW		George Hirst**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 27 September 2020

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	5	0	0	0	5
2	27	DF		Timothy Castagne	1	0	0	0	1
	15	MF		Harvey Barnes	1	0	0	0	1
	2	DF		James Justin	1	0	0	0	1
	26	MF		Dennis Praet	1	0	0	0	1
	10	MF		James Maddison	1	0	0	0	1
	8	MF		Youri Tielemans	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	0	0	1
Total					12	0	0	0	12

External links

• Official website

Leicester City F.C. matches - 2020-21

2020-21 Premier League

Manchester City (a) · Arsenal (a) · Southampton (h) · Arsenal (h) · Manchester United (a) · Chelsea (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (h)

2020-21 FA Cup

Stoke City (a) · Brentford (a) · Brighton & Hove Albion (h) · Manchester United (h) · Southampton (n) · Chelsea (n)

2020-21 EFL Cup

Arsenal (h)

2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Zorya Luhansk (h) · AEK Athens (a) · Braga (h) · Braga (a) · Zorya Luhansk (a) · AEK Athens (h) · Slavia Prague (a) · Slavia Prague (h)