2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season

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Leicester City
2018–19 season
ChairmanVichai Srivaddhanaprabha
ManagerClaude Puel
Top goalscorerLeague: James Maddison, Jamie Vardy (3 goals)
All: James Maddison, Jamie Vardy (3 goals)
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The 2018–19 Leicester City season is the club's 114th season in the English football league system and its 51st (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[1] This is the fifth consecutive season Leicester City is in the Premier League and the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 CB Northern Ireland Jonny Evans West Bromwich Albion £3,500,000 [2]
1 July 2018 CB Netherlands Justen Kranthove Netherlands AFC '34 Free transfer [3]
1 July 2018 AM England James Maddison Norwich City £25,000,000 [4]
1 July 2018 RB Portugal Ricardo Pereira Portugal Porto £22,500,000 [5]
14 July 2018 CF England Ryan Loft Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [6]
20 July 2018 GK Wales Danny Ward Liverpool £12,500,000 [7]
23 July 2018 RB England Louis Ramsay Norwich City Free transfer [8]
3 August 2018 GK Sweden Viktor Johansson Aston Villa Free transfer [9]
5 August 2018 RW Algeria Rachid Ghezzal France Monaco Undisclosed [10]
9 August 2018 CB Croatia Filip Benković Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Undisclosed [11]
9 August 2018 CB Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü Germany Freiburg £19,000,000 [12]
26 August 2018 FW England Will Russ Chesterfield Undisclosed [13]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 LB Nigeria Josh Debayo Cheltenham Town Released [14][15]
1 July 2018 LW England Thomas Fielding Free agent Released [16]
1 July 2018 DM England Rubyn Gill Free agent Released [16]
1 July 2018 GK England Ben Hamer Huddersfield Town Free transfer [17]
1 July 2018 CB Germany Robert Huth Free agent Released [18]
1 July 2018 CM England Sammie McLeod Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2018 CM Republic of Ireland Dylan Watts Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Released [14][19]
1 July 2018 LB England Connor Wood Bradford City Undisclosed [20]
1 July 2018 GK Scotland Cameron Yates Free agent Released [14]
10 July 2018 RW Algeria Riyad Mahrez Manchester City £60,000,000 [21]
3 August 2018 CF Nigeria Ahmed Musa Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Undisclosed [22]
8 August 2018 CM England Morgan Brown Scotland Aberdeen Free transfer [23]
9 August 2018 CF England Josh Gordon Walsall Undisclosed [24]
10 August 2018 CF Argentina Leonardo Ulloa Mexico Pachuca Undisclosed [25]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2018 CB England Elliott Moore Belgium OHL 31 May 2019 [26]
24 July 2018 AM England Harvey Barnes West Bromwich Albion 31 May 2019 [27]
26 July 2018 GK Denmark Daniel Iversen Oldham Athletic 31 May 2019 [28]
2 August 2018 GK England Max Bramley AFC Telford United 31 May 2019 [29]
3 August 2018 RW Wales George Thomas Scunthorpe United 31 May 2019 [30]
8 August 2018 RW England Kian Williams Barwell 27 January 2019 [31]
11 August 2018 CF Algeria Islam Slimani Turkey Fenerbahçe 31 May 2019 [32]
31 August 2018 CB Croatia Filip Benković Scotland Celtic 31 May 2019 [33]
31 August 2018 AM Poland Bartosz Kapustka Belgium OHL 31 May 2019 [34]

Players and staff

First team squad

  • This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2017–18 season
  • Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
  • Italics indicate loaned player
No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011 England Leeds United
12 Wales Danny Ward GK 2018 England Liverpool
17 Switzerland Eldin Jakupović GK 2017 England Hull City
Defenders
2 England Danny Simpson RB 2014 England Queens Park Rangers
3 England Ben Chilwell LB / LM 2015 Youth
4 Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü CB 2018 Germany Freiburg
5 Jamaica Wes Morgan CB 2012 (winter) England Nottingham Forest
6 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans CB 2018 England West Bromwich Albion
14 Portugal Ricardo Pereira RB 2018 Portugal Porto
15 England Harry Maguire CB 2017 England Hull City
16 Croatia Filip Benković CB 2018 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
28 Austria Christian Fuchs LB / CB 2015 Germany Schalke 04
29 Tunisia Yohan Benalouane CB 2015 Italy Atalanta
35 Australia Callum Elder LB 2013 Youth
39 England Darnell Johnson CB 2018 Youth
Midfielders
7 England Demarai Gray LW / RW / CF 2016 (winter) England Birmingham City
10 England James Maddison AM 2018 England Norwich City
11 England Marc Albrighton RM / LM 2014 England Aston Villa
18 Ghana Daniel Amartey CM / CB / RB / DM 2016 (winter) Denmark Copenhagen
21 Spain Vicente Iborra DM 2017 Spain Sevilla
22 England Matty James CM 2012 England Manchester United
23 Portugal Adrien Silva CM 2017 Portugal Sporting CP
24 France Nampalys Mendy CM 2016 France Nice
25 Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017 (winter) Belgium Genk
31 Algeria Rachid Ghezzal LW / RW 2018 France Monaco
33 Poland Bartosz Kapustka LW / RW 2016 Poland Cracovia
37 Wales Andy King CM 2006 Youth
38 England Hamza Choudhury CM 2015 Youth
– England Harvey Barnes AM / CM / RM / LM 2016 Youth
Forwards
8 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho ST 2017 England Manchester City
9 England Jamie Vardy ST/CF 2012 England Fleetwood Town
19 Algeria Islam Slimani ST 2016 Portugal Sporting CP
20 Japan Shinji Okazaki CF / AM 2015 Germany Mainz 05
27 Mali Fousseni Diabaté RW / LW / ST 2018 France Gazélec Ajaccio
– Wales George Thomas RW / LW / ST 2017 England Coventry City

Pre-season

Pre-season friendlies

Leicester City announced that they will play pre-season friendlies against Notts County, Valencia and Lille, with a further two matches against Akhisarspor and Udinese Calcio as part of a tour to Austria.

20 July 2018 Friendly Notts County 1–4 Leicester City Nottingham
15:00 BST Alessandra 20' Report Morgan 26'
Choudhury 28'
Gray 53'
Slimani 76'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 7,277
Referee: Thomas Brameld
25 July 2018 Friendly Leicester City England 0–0 Turkey Akhisarspor Villach, Austria
17:00 BST Stadium: Stadion Villach Lind
28 July 2018 Friendly Leicester City England 1–2 Italy Udinese Klagenfurt, Austria
16:00 BST Iheanacho 89' Report Lasagna 9'
Machís 23'		 Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
1 August 2018 Friendly Leicester City England 1–1 Spain Valencia Leicester
19:45 BST Iheanacho 11' Report Parejo 18' Stadium: King Power Stadium
4 August 2018 Friendly Lille France 1–2 England Leicester City Lille, France
18:00 CEST Mothiba 4' Report Iheanacho 35', 59' Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 22,328

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

Template:2018–19 Premier League table

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
8 4 0 4 14 12  +2 12 2 0 2 7 5  +2 2 0 2 7 7  0

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWLLWWL
Position1387899810
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[35][36]

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 1 Manchester United 2–1 Leicester City Old Trafford
20:00 BST Pogba 3' (pen.)
Fred Yellow card 54'
A. Pereira Yellow card 69'
Shaw 83'		 Report Amartey Yellow card 51'
Vardy 90+2'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,439
Referee: Andre Marriner
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 2 Leicester City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
15:00 BST Doherty 29' (o.g.)
Maddison 45'
Vardy Red card 66'
Evans Yellow card 78'
Maguire Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Gibbs-White Yellow card 74' Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,043
Referee: Mike Dean
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3 Southampton 1–2 Leicester City Southampton
15:00 BST Højbjerg Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 77'
Bertrand 52', Yellow card 64'		 Report Gray 56'
Maguire 90+2', Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 29,925
Referee: Jonathan Moss
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4 Leicester City 1–2 Liverpool Leicester
12:30 BST Ghezzal Yellow card 61', 63'
Mendy Yellow card 88'
Ndidi Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Mané 10'
Firmino 45'
Van Dijk Yellow card 55'
Milner Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,149
Referee: Paul Tierney
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5 Bournemouth 4–2 Leicester City Bournemouth
15:00 BST Fraser 19', 37'
Lerma Yellow card 29'
King 41' (pen.)
Wilson Yellow card 71'
Gosling Yellow card 79'
Smith 81'		 Report Maguire Yellow card 12'
Morgan Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 69'
Schmeichel Yellow card 70'
Maddison 88' (pen.)
Albrighton 89'		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: Craig Pawson
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6 Leicester City 3–1 Huddersfield Town Leicester
15:00 BST Ndidi Yellow card 18'
Iheanacho 19'
Ghezzal Yellow card 43'
Maddison 66'
Vardy 75'		 Report Jørgensen 5'
Kongolo Yellow card 47'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,676
Referee: David Coote
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7 Newcastle United 0–2 Leicester City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Report Vardy 30' (pen.)
Maguire 73'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,523
Referee: Simon Hooper
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 8 Leicester City 1–2 Everton Leicester
15:00 BST Amartey Yellow card 31'
Pereira 40'
Morgan Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 63'
Chilwell Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Richarlison 7'
Davies Yellow card 45'
Sigurðsson 77'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,007
Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[37] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.[38] The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September.[39]

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round Leicester City 4–0 Fleetwood Town Leicester
19:45 BST Fuchs 8'
Iborra 39' Yellow card 53'
Iheanacho 46'
Ghezzal 71'		 Report McAleny Yellow card 29'
Wallace Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 10,671
Referee: Lee Mason
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Third round Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0
(1–3 p)		 Leicester City Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Jota Yellow card 67' Report Evans Yellow card 43'
Morgan Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 21,562
Referee: Paul Tierney
Penalties
Saïss soccer ball with red X
Jota soccer ball with red X
Ashley-Seal soccer ball with check mark
Traoré soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Fuchs
soccer ball with check mark Ghezzal
soccer ball with red X Choudhury
soccer ball with check mark Iborra
soccer ball with check mark Iheanacho
30 October 2018 Fourth round Leicester City v Southampton Leicester
Stadium: King Power Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 29 September 2018

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England Danny Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF England Ben Chilwell 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Jamaica Wes Morgan 8 0 6 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 5 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF England Demarai Gray 8 1 6 1 0 0 0+2 0
8 FW Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 10 2 5+3 1 0 0 1+1 1
9 FW England Jamie Vardy 7 3 5+1 3 0 0 0+1 0
10 MF England James Maddison 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0
11 MF England Marc Albrighton 9 1 2+5 1 0 0 2 0
12 GK Wales Danny Ward 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 DF Portugal Ricardo Pereira 8 1 7 1 0 0 1 0
15 DF England Harry Maguire 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0
16 DF Croatia Filip Benković 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 GK Switzerland Eldin Jakupovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Ghana Daniel Amartey 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Algeria Islam Slimani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Japan Shinji Okazaki 6 0 0+4 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF Spain Vicente Iborra 4 1 0+2 0 0 0 2 1
22 MF England Matty James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Portugal Adrien Silva 4 0 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
24 MF France Nampalys Mendy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Mali Fousseni Diabaté 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 DF Austria Christian Fuchs 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
29 DF Tunisia Yohan Benalouane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Algeria Rachid Ghezzal 8 2 3+3 1 0 0 2 1
33 MF Poland Bartosz Kapustka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England Josh Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Australia Callum Elder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Wales Andy King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF England Hamza Choudhury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
39 DF England Darnell Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

As of 3 October 2018

Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 10 MF England James Maddison 3 0 0 3
9 FW England Jamie Vardy 3 0 0 3
3
15 DF England Harry Maguire 2 0 0 2
8 FW Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 1 0 1 2
31 MF Algeria Rachid Ghezzal 1 0 1 2
6
7 MF England Demarai Gray 1 0 0 1
11 MF England Marc Albrighton 1 0 0 1
14 DF Portugal Ricardo Pereira 1 0 0 1
28 DF Austria Christian Fuchs 0 0 1 1
21 MF Spain Vicente Iborra 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 1
Total 14 0 4 18

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