2018–19 Leicester City F.C. season

The 2018–19 Leicester City season was the club's 114th season in the English football league system and their 51st (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.^[3] This was their fifth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Leicester City

2018–19 season
Owner	King Power
Chairman	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (until 27 October) Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Claude Puel (until 24 February)[1] Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler (caretaker, 24–26 February)[1] Brendan Rodgers (from 26 February)[2]
Stadium	King Power Stadium
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Vardy (18) All: Jamie Vardy (18)
Highest home attendance	32,184 (10 Nov 2018 v Burnley, PL Round 12)
Lowest home attendance	League: 30,558 (26 Feb 2019 v Brighton & Hove Albion, PL Round 28) All: 10,671 (28 Aug 2018 v Fleetwood Town, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,851
Biggest win	4–0 (28 Aug 2018 v Fleetwood Town, EFL Cup)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (23 Feb 2019 v Crystal Palace, PL Round 27)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The season was marred by the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on 27 October, shortly after a 1–1 home draw against West Ham United.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB		Jonny Evans	West Bromwich Albion	£3,500,000	[4]
1 July 2018	CB		Justen Kranthove	AFC '34	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2018	AM		James Maddison	Norwich City	£25,000,000	[6]
1 July 2018	RB		Ricardo Pereira	Porto	£22,500,000	[7]
14 July 2018	CF		Ryan Loft	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	[8]
20 July 2018	GK		Danny Ward	Liverpool	£12,500,000	[9]
23 July 2018	RB		Louis Ramsay	Norwich City	Free transfer	[10]
3 August 2018	GK		Viktor Johansson	Aston Villa	Free transfer	[11]
5 August 2018	RW		Rachid Ghezzal	Monaco	Undisclosed	[12]
9 August 2018	CB		Filip Benković	Dinamo Zagreb	Undisclosed	[13]
9 August 2018	CB		Çağlar Söyüncü	SC Freiburg	£19,000,000	[14]
26 August 2018	FW		Will Russ	Chesterfield	Undisclosed	[15]
19 December 2018	CF		Davide Lorenzo	Free agent	Free transfer	[16][17][18]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB		Josh Debayo	Cheltenham Town	Released	[19][20]
1 July 2018	LW		Tom Fielding	Mansfield Town	Released	[21][22]
1 July 2018	DM		Rubyn Gill	Solihull Moors	Released	[21][23]
1 July 2018	GK		Ben Hamer	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	[24]
1 July 2018	CB		Robert Huth	Retired	Released	[25][26]
1 July 2018	CM		Sammie McLeod	Maldon & Tiptree	Released	[19][27]
1 July 2018	CM		Dylan Watts	Shamrock Rovers	Released	[19][28]
1 July 2018	LB		Connor Wood	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[29]
1 July 2018	GK		Cameron Yates	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	[30]
10 July 2018	RW		Riyad Mahrez	Manchester City	£60,000,000	[31]
3 August 2018	CF		Ahmed Musa	Al-Nassr	Undisclosed	[32]
8 August 2018	CM		Morgan Brown	Aberdeen	Free transfer	[33]
9 August 2018	CF		Josh Gordon	Walsall	Undisclosed	[34]
10 August 2018	CF		Leonardo Ulloa	Pachuca	Undisclosed	[35]
17 October 2018	CB		Cal Templeton	Tamworth	Free transfer	[36]
7 January 2019	DM		Vicente Iborra	Villarreal	Undisclosed	[37]
18 January 2019	CB		Yohan Benalouane	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[38]
4 February 2019	LW		Liandro Martis	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	[39]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 January 2019	CM		Youri Tielemans	Monaco	31 May 2019	[40]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB		Elliott Moore	OHL	31 May 2019	[41]
24 July 2018	AM		Harvey Barnes	West Bromwich Albion	11 January 2019	[42][43]
26 July 2018	GK		Daniel Iversen	Oldham Athletic	31 May 2019	[44]
2 August 2018	GK		Max Bramley	AFC Telford United	31 May 2019	[45]
3 August 2018	RW		George Thomas	Scunthorpe United	31 May 2019	[46]
8 August 2018	RW		Kian Williams	Barwell	27 January 2019	[47]
11 August 2018	CF		Islam Slimani	Fenerbahçe	31 May 2019	[48]
31 August 2018	CB		Filip Benković	Celtic	31 May 2019	[49]
31 August 2018	AM		Bartosz Kapustka	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	31 May 2019	[50]
2 January 2019	LB		Callum Elder	Ipswich Town	31 May 2019	[51]
10 January 2019	LW		Fousseni Diabaté	Sivasspor	31 May 2019	[52]
31 January 2019	RB		Darnell Johnson	Hibernian	31 May 2019	[53]
31 January 2019	CM		Andy King	Derby County	31 May 2019	[54]
31 January 2019	CB		Josh Knight	Peterborough United	31 May 2019	[55]
31 January 2019	CM		Adrien Silva	Monaco	31 May 2019	[40]

First team squad

• This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 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		Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
12		Danny Ward	GK	2018	Liverpool
17		Eldin Jakupović	GK	2017	Hull City
Defenders
2		Danny Simpson	RB	2014	Queens Park Rangers
3		Ben Chilwell	LB / LM	2015	Youth
4		Çağlar Söyüncü	CB	2018	SC Freiburg
5		Wes Morgan	CB	2012 (winter)	Nottingham Forest
6		Jonny Evans	CB	2018	West Bromwich Albion
14		Ricardo Pereira	RB	2018	Porto
15		Harry Maguire	CB	2017	Hull City
16		Filip Benković	CB	2018	Dinamo Zagreb
28		Christian Fuchs	LB / CB	2015	Schalke 04
29		Yohan Benalouane*	CB	2015	Atalanta
35		Callum Elder	LB	2013	Youth
39		Darnell Johnson	CB	2018	Youth
Midfielders
7		Demarai Gray	LW / RW / CF	2016 (winter)	Birmingham City
10		James Maddison	AM	2018	Norwich City
11		Marc Albrighton	RM / LM	2014	Aston Villa
18		Daniel Amartey	CM / CB / RB / DM	2016 (winter)	Copenhagen
19		Harvey Barnes	AM / CM / RM / LM	2016	Youth
21		Vicente Iborra*	CM	2017	Sevilla
21		Youri Tielemans	CM	2019 (winter)	Monaco (loan)
22		Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
23		Adrien Silva	CM	2017	Sporting CP
24		Nampalys Mendy	CM	2016	Nice
25		Wilfred Ndidi	DM	2017 (winter)	Genk
31		Rachid Ghezzal	LW / RW	2018	Monaco
33		Bartosz Kapustka	LW / RW	2016	Cracovia
37		Andy King	CM	2006	Youth
38		Hamza Choudhury	CM	2015	Youth
Forwards
8		Kelechi Iheanacho	ST	2017	Manchester City
9		Jamie Vardy	ST/CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
20		Shinji Okazaki	CF / AM	2015	Mainz 05
27		Fousseni Diabaté	RW / LW / ST	2018	Gazélec Ajaccio
—		Islam Slimani	ST	2016	Sporting CP
—		George Thomas	RW / LW / ST	2017	Coventry City

Kits

Home

Home alt.

Home 2019-20

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Goalkeeper 2019-20

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.

Notts County v Leicester City

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 Bramell

Leicester City v Akhisarspor

25 July 2018 Friendly	Leicester City	0–0	Akhisarspor	Villach, Austria
17:00 BST				Stadium: Stadion Villach Lind

Leicester City v Udinese

28 July 2018 Friendly	Leicester City	1–2	Udinese	Klagenfurt, Austria
16:00 BST	Iheanacho 89'	Report	Lasagna 9' Machís 23'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

Leicester City v Valencia

1 August 2018 Friendly	Leicester City	1–1	Valencia	Leicester
19:45 BST	Iheanacho 11'	Report	Parejo 18'	Stadium: King Power Stadium

Lille v Leicester City

4 August 2018 Friendly	Lille	1–2	Leicester City	Lille, France
18:00 CEST	Mothiba 4'	Report	Iheanacho 35', 59'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 22,328

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	10 August 2018	12 May 2019	Matchday 1	9th	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	039.47
FA Cup	6 January 2019		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	28 August 2018	18 December 2018	Second round	Quarter-finals	4	1	3	0	5	1	+4	025.00
Total					43	16	10	17	57	51	+6	037.21

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to 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
38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52	8	3	8	24	20	+4	7	4	8	27	28	−1

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D
Position	13	8	7	8	9	9	8	10	11	12	10	10	10	8	9	9	12	9	7	8	7	8	9	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	8	7	8	10	8	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. 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.^[56][57]

Manchester United v Leicester City

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 1	Manchester United	2–1	Leicester City	Old Trafford
20:00 BST	Pogba 3' (pen.) Fred  54' A. Pereira  69' Shaw 83'	Report	Amartey  51' Vardy 90+2'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,439 Referee: Andre Marriner

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 2	Leicester City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 BST	Doherty 29' (o.g.) Maddison 45' Vardy  66' Evans  78' Maguire  90+6'	Report	Gibbs-White  74'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,043 Referee: Mike Dean

Southampton v Leicester City

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Southampton	1–2	Leicester City	Southampton
15:00 BST	Højbjerg  26'  77' Bertrand 52',  64'	Report	Gray 56' Maguire 90+2',  90+3'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,925 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Liverpool

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4	Leicester City	1–2	Liverpool	Leicester
12:30 BST	Ghezzal  61', 63' Mendy  88' Ndidi  90+5'	Report	Mané 10' Firmino 45' Van Dijk  55' Milner  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,149 Referee: Paul Tierney

Bournemouth v Leicester City

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5	Bournemouth	4–2	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Fraser 19', 37' Lerma  29' King 41' (pen.) Wilson  71' Gosling  79' Smith 81'	Report	Maguire  12' Morgan  45+2'  69' Schmeichel  70' Maddison 88' (pen.) Albrighton 89'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,543 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Huddersfield Town

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Leicester City	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Leicester
15:00 BST	Ndidi  18' Iheanacho 19' Ghezzal  43' Maddison 66' Vardy 75'	Report	Jørgensen 5' Kongolo  47'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,676 Referee: David Coote

Newcastle United v Leicester City

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

Leicester City v Everton

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 8	Leicester City	1–2	Everton	Leicester
15:00 BST	Amartey  31' Pereira 40' Morgan  43'  63' Chilwell  90+4'	Report	Richarlison 7' Davies  45' Sigurðsson 77'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,007 Referee: Andre Marriner

Arsenal v Leicester City

22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 9	Arsenal	3–1	Leicester City	Holloway
20:00 BST	Holding  17' Xhaka  35' Özil 45' Aubameyang 63', 66'	Report	Bellerín 31' (o.g.) Albrighton  64' Pereira  65'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,886 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v West Ham United

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Leicester City	1–1	West Ham United	Leicester
17:30 BST	Söyüncü  47' Ndidi 89'	Report	Balbuena 30' Noble  38' Zabaleta  85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,848 Referee: Michael Oliver

Cardiff City v Leicester City

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 11	Cardiff City	0–1	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Arter  45' Hoilett  81'	Report	Pereira  33' Gray 55',  55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,877 Referee: Lee Probert

Leicester City v Burnley

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 12	Leicester City	0–0	Burnley	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Morgan  50' Iheanacho  76'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,184 Referee: Mike Dean

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Leicester City	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Murray 15' Duffy  60' Bruno  66' Izquierdo  72'	Report	Maddison  26'  28' Ndidi  39' Vardy 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,553 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Leicester City v Watford

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 14	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 12' (pen.) Maddison 23',  90+4' Albrighton  62'	Report	Success  85' Capoue  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,353 Referee: Graham Scott

Fulham v Leicester City

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 15	Fulham	1–1	Leicester City	Fulham
19:45 GMT	Kamara 42'	Report	Maddison 74'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,881 Referee: David Coote

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 16	Leicester City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Mendy  16' Albrighton  64' Gray  81'	Report	Dier  9' Son 45+1' Alli 58'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,957 Referee: Craig Pawson

Crystal Palace v Leicester City

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 17	Crystal Palace	1–0	Leicester City	Selhurst
15:00 GMT	Milivojević 39' McArthur  45+1' Guaita  90'	Report	Pereira  61'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,738 Referee: Michael Oliver

Chelsea v Leicester City

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 18	Chelsea	0–1	Leicester City	Fulham
15:00 GMT		Report	Ndidi  31' Vardy 51' Mendy  81'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,558 Referee: Lee Probert

Leicester City v Manchester City

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 19	Leicester City	2–1	Manchester City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton 19' Maguire  58' Pereira 81' Vardy  87'	Report	B. Silva 14' Stones  77' Delph  89' Agüero  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,090 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Cardiff City

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 20	Leicester City	0–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
15:00 GMT		Report	Etheridge  53' Camarasa 90+2' Morrison  90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,047 Referee: Simon Hooper

Everton v Leicester City

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 21	Everton	0–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
12:30 GMT	Gomes  52' Digne  80' Tosun  81'	Report	Vardy 58' Evans  75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,052 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Southampton

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 22	Leicester City	1–2	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Maddison  20' Chilwell  35' Ndidi 58'	Report	Ward-Prowse 11' (pen.) Valery  34'  45' Long 45+2' Stephens  54'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,491 Referee: Michael Oliver

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–3	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
12:30 GMT	Jota 4', 64', 90+3',  45+2' Bennett 12',  44' Jonny  86'	Report	Mendy  2' Pereira  45+1' Gray 47' Coady 51' (o.g.) Ndidi  58' Morgan 87'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,278 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Liverpool v Leicester City

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30) 24	Liverpool	1–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Mané 3' Matip  16'	Report	Maguire  41', 45+2' Pereira  50' Chilwell  90+4'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,092 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Manchester United

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 25	Leicester City	0–1	Manchester United	Leicester
14:05 GMT	Vardy  32' Mendy  45' Ghezzal  82' Ndidi  90+3'	Report	Rashford 9' Lingard  20' Matić  42' Shaw  80' Martial  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,148 Referee: Mike Dean

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 26	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Leicester City	Wembley
13:30 GMT	Son  16', 90+1' Rose  20' Vertonghen  28' Sánchez 33' Eriksen 63'	Report	Vardy 76' Tielemans  85'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 44,154 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Crystal Palace

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 27	Leicester City	1–4	Crystal Palace	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Ndidi  36' Evans 64' Schmeichel  81'	Report	Batshuayi 40' McArthur  51' Zaha 70', 90+3' Milivojević 81' (pen.)	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,778 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 28	Leicester City	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Gray 10' Vardy 64',  84'	Report	Montoya  23' Pröpper 66'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,558 Referee: Lee Probert

Watford v Leicester City

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 29	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
12:00 GMT	Deeney 5',  62' Mariappa  13' Capoue  60' Doucouré  61' Gray 90+2',  90+3'	Report	Vardy 75' Pereira  84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,062 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Fulham

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 30	Leicester City	3–1	Fulham	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Tielemans 21' Vardy 78', 86'	Report	Ayité 51' Babel  55' Bryan  60'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,017 Referee: David Coote

Burnley v Leicester City

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 31	Burnley	1–2	Leicester City	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Bardsley  36' McNeil 38'	Report	Maguire  4' Maddison 33',  34' Morgan 90'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,719 Referee: Michael Oliver

Leicester City v Bournemouth

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 32	Leicester City	2–0	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Morgan 11' Vardy 82'	Report	Gosling  71' Brooks  81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,530 Referee: Lee Mason

Huddersfield Town v Leicester City

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 33	Huddersfield Town	1–4	Leicester City	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Hogg  17' Stanković  40' Mooy 52' (pen.) Kongolo  84'	Report	Tielemans 24' Vardy 48', 84' (pen.) Maddison 79'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 24,126 Referee: David Coote

Leicester City v Newcastle United

12 April 2019 (2019-04-12) 34	Leicester City	0–1	Newcastle United	Leicester
20:00 BST	Tielemans  41' Schmeichel  68'	Report	Pérez 32' Ki  63' Schär  74' Manquillo  78'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,108 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

West Ham United v Leicester City

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 35	West Ham United	2–2	Leicester City	Stratford
15:00 BST	Antonio 37' Snodgrass  49' Rice  70' Pérez 82'	Report	Vardy 67' Barnes 90+2'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,960 Referee: Lee Probert

Leicester City v Arsenal

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 36	Leicester City	3–0	Arsenal	Leicester
12:00 BST	Ndidi  13' Tielemans 59' Pereira  65' Chilwell  70' Vardy 86', 90+4'	Report	Maitland-Niles  8'  36' Papastathopoulos  64'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,037 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Leicester City

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 37	Manchester City	1–0	Leicester City	Manchester
20:00 BST	D. Silva  22' Kompany  44', 70' Jesus  89'	Report	Maguire  35' Iheanacho  90'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,506 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Chelsea

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 38	Leicester City	0–0	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00 BST		Report	Jorginho  30'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,140 Referee: Anthony Taylor

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[58]

Newport County v Leicester City

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Third round	Newport County	2–1	Leicester City	Newport
16:30 GMT	Matt 10' Amond 85' (pen.)	Report	Okazaki  45+1' Ghezzal 82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 6,705 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[59] The third round draw was made on 30 August by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.^[60] The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September.^[61]

Leicester City v Fleetwood Town

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Leicester City	4–0	Fleetwood Town	Leicester
19:45 BST	Fuchs 8' Iborra 39',  53' Iheanacho 46' Ghezzal 71'	Report	McAleny  29' Wallace  89'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 10,671 Referee: Lee Mason

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0 (1–3 p)	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Jota  67'	Report	Evans  43' Morgan  77'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,562 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Penalties
	Saïss Jota Ashley-Seal Traoré		Fuchs Ghezzal Choudhury Iborra Iheanacho

Leicester City v Southampton

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) Fourth round	Leicester City	0–0 (6–5 p)	Southampton	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Simpson  9' Evans  90+5'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Roger East
	Penalties
	Fuchs Albrighton Söyüncü Gray Vardy Mendy		Davis Højbjerg Redmond Vestergaard Cédric Gabbiadini
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 30 October 2018, was postponed due to the death of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.[62]

Leicester City v Manchester City

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) Quarter-finals	Leicester City	1–1 (1–3 p)	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Albrighton 73'	Report	De Bruyne 14' Foden  50' Gündoğan  85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 24,644 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Maguire Fuchs Maddison Söyüncü		Gündoğan Sterling Jesus Zinchenko

Squad statistics

Appearances

• Asterisk (*) indicates player left club mid-season
• Hashtag (#) indicates player finished the season out on loan

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Danny Simpson	9	0	3+3	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Ben Chilwell	36	0	36	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Çağlar Söyüncü	8	0	4+2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	25	3	21+1	3	1	0	2	0
6	DF		Jonny Evans	28	1	21+3	1	1	0	3	0
7	MF		Demarai Gray	39	4	24+10	4	0+1	0	2+2	0
8	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	35	2	9+21	1	1	0	3+1	1
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	36	18	30+4	18	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF		James Maddison	38	7	35+1	7	0+1	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	32	3	18+9	2	1	0	2+2	1
12	GK		Danny Ward	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14	DF		Ricardo Pereira	37	2	35	2	0	0	1+1	0
15	DF		Harry Maguire	32	3	31	3	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Filip Benković#	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	GK		Eldin Jakupovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Daniel Amartey	10	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Harvey Barnes	16	1	11+5	1	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	25	0	1+20	0	1	0	2+1	0
21	MF		Vicente Iborra*	11	1	3+5	0	0	0	3	1
21	MF		Youri Tielemans	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Matty James	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Adrien Silva	5	0	1+1	0	0	0	3	0
24	MF		Nampalys Mendy	32	0	23+8	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	40	2	37+1	2	0	0	2	0
27	FW		Fousseni Diabaté#	3	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	8	1	2+1	0	1	0	4	1
29	DF		Yohan Benalouane*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Rachid Ghezzal	23	3	8+11	1	1	1	3	1
33	MF		Bartosz Kapustka#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Josh Knight#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Callum Elder#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Andy King#	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	MF		Hamza Choudhury	12	0	7+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
39	DF		Darnell Johnson#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF		Thakgalo Leshabela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW		Islam Slimani#	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW		Jamie Vardy	18	0	0	18
2	10	MF		James Maddison	7	0	0	7
3	7	MF		Demarai Gray	4	0	0	4
4	15	DF		Harry Maguire	3	0	0	3
	5	DF		Wes Morgan	3	0	0	3
	21	MF		Youri Tielemans	3	0	0	3
	11	MF		Marc Albrighton	2	0	1	3
	31	MF		Rachid Ghezzal	1	1	1	3
9
	14	DF		Ricardo Pereira	2	0	0	2
	25	MF		Wilfred Ndidi	2	0	0	2
	8	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	1	0	1	2
12	6	DF		Jonny Evans	1	0	0	1
	19	MF		Harvey Barnes	1	0	0	1
	28	DF		Christian Fuchs	0	0	1	1
	21	MF		Vicente Iborra	0	0	1	1
Own Goals					3	0	0	3
Total					51	1	5	57

Awards

Club awards

Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 7 May 2019. The following awards were made:^[63]

Player of the Year Award	Ricardo Pereira
Young Player of the Year Award	James Maddison
Players' Player of the Year Award	Ricardo Pereira
Academy Player of the Year Award	Oliver Bosworth
Development Squad Player of the Season	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Goal of the Season Award	Christian Fuchs vs. Fleetwood Town, 28 August 2018
Performance of the Season	vs. Manchester City, 26 December 2018
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Outstanding Community Award	Geoff and Gill Smart

Divisional awards

Date	Nation	Winner	Award
April 2019		Jamie Vardy	Premier League Player of the Month[64]

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