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Leicester City

vs

Stevenage

KickoffSaturday 31 October 2026, 3:00pm

VenueKing Power Stadium

CompetitionEnglish League 1

Leicester City sitting 11th in League One is a sentence that still takes a moment to process. A club that was playing Champions League football not that long ago, now grinding through a third tier promotion battle on a wet October afternoon at King Power Stadium. That is the reality right now, and the question worth asking ahead of this one is whether Russell Martin’s side have genuinely turned a corner, or whether last week’s thumping of Wigan flattered them. Stevenage arrive as a side that will not be intimidated, having already beaten Leicester once this season, but the Foxes look in decent nick at the moment and home advantage counts for something.

Leicester City vs Stevenage Match Details

This League One fixture takes place at King Power Stadium, a ground that holds over 32,000 but has been watching third tier football this season as Leicester attempt to bounce straight back up through the divisions. The contrast between the surroundings and the level of football on show makes this one of the more surreal fixtures on the English football calendar right now, though for the players and staff involved, the only thing that matters is the points.

Team News

Leicester look relatively settled heading into this one, with no fresh injury concerns emerging from the Wigan win. Martin should be able to name a strong and familiar starting eleven. Stevenage have a couple of concerns from their defeat to MK Dons that could force Alex Revell into changes he would rather not be making.

• Luther James-Wildin picked up a knock against MK Dons and is a doubt for Stevenage
• Dan Kemp is also carrying a knock from the same fixture and may not feature
• Kaelan Casey and Chem Campbell are expected to come in if both are ruled out
• Leicester have no major injury concerns reported ahead of this game

Predicted Lineups

Martin looks set to go with the same eleven that dismantled Wigan last weekend, with Emil Riis leading the line and Will Smallbone and Louis Page continuing their partnership in the middle of the park. Conor Chaplin and Tommy Doyle operating behind Riis worked well last time out and there is no reason to change something that clicked.

Revell faces a reshuffle whether he likes it or not. Casey should slot in at right back in place of James-Wildin, while Campbell is likely to take over from Kemp in a more advanced position. Josh Magennis leads the line as usual with Michael Mellon tasked with supporting him from the ten role. It is a workmanlike setup but Stevenage have made it function before.

Leicester City: McCarthy; O’Hora, Souttar, Okoli; Alves, Smallbone, Page, Thomas; Chaplin, Doyle; Riis

Stevenage: Setford; Casey, Vancooten, Piergianni, Earley; Campbell, Thompson, Phillips, Broggio; Mellon; Magennis

Recent Form

Leicester are showing signs of finding their feet after what was a sluggish opening to the season. Winning three of their last four league games is the kind of run that starts to build momentum in a division where confidence is everything. The 3-0 win over Wigan was particularly encouraging because it had a clinical edge to it. Riis was excellent, bagging two before Bobby De Cordova-Reid wrapped things up from the spot. That is not a team playing scrappy, one-nil football and hoping for the best. That is a side starting to look like it belongs near the top of this league.

The defeat to Luton before the Wigan game is worth keeping in mind as context. Leicester are still capable of going flat and getting punished. But the response they showed against Wigan suggests Martin has the dressing room pointed in the right direction. A home game against a side from the bottom half of League One is exactly the kind of fixture you want to be coming into on the back of that sort of performance.

Stevenage are frustratingly inconsistent. The pattern over their last six games has been win, lose, win, lose. That is not the rhythm of a team pushing for promotion or one in genuine trouble, it is a side that finds a way to perform and then somehow does not back it up. Revell was clearly stung by the MK Dons defeat, particularly coming just four days after a brilliant 3-0 win over Plymouth. That inconsistency will be a real problem at King Power, where Leicester will look to impose themselves from the off.

Head-to-Head Record

Here is the number that makes this slightly less straightforward than it might otherwise look. Stevenage beat Leicester 2-1 in the EFL Trophy earlier this month. That result will be sitting in the back of both sets of players’ minds going into Saturday. For Stevenage, it proves they can hurt this Leicester side. For Leicester, it is a result they will want to put right emphatically on home soil in the league.

Beyond that recent Trophy meeting, these two clubs have not crossed paths particularly often given where they have each been in the football pyramid over the years. What matters most right now is that Stevenage have demonstrated they are not simply here to make up the numbers when they face Leicester, and that adds a layer of intrigue to what might otherwise look like a foregone conclusion.

Key Stats

• Leicester have won three of their last four League One games, including a 3-0 win over Wigan Athletic
• Stevenage have alternated between a win and a defeat across their last six matches without stringing back-to-back results together
• Stevenage beat Leicester 2-1 in the EFL Trophy earlier this month, their most recent meeting between the two sides

Leicester City vs Stevenage Betting Tips

Leicester are the standout selection here. They are in better form, playing at home, and against a Stevenage side that cannot buy consecutive wins right now. The value sits with the Foxes covering a clean sheet given how toothless Boro have looked going forward in their weaker performances, and Riis looks a banker for another goal involvement after his Wigan brace.

Cards Prediction

League One fixtures tend to carry a decent booking count, and a game where Stevenage will need to defend deep for long periods and put bodies on the line should produce at least three or four yellows across the ninety minutes. Expect the Stevenage midfield to pick up a couple as they look to disrupt Leicester’s rhythm in the middle of the park.

First Goalscorer Prediction

Emil Riis is the obvious call here. He scored twice against Wigan and looks sharp at the moment, with the movement and finishing instincts that get you goals at this level. He is the focal point of Leicester’s attack and a side as inconsistent as Stevenage at the back will give him opportunities. Back him to open the scoring.

Corners Prediction

Leicester will dominate possession and territory at home, pushing Stevenage back and forcing them to defend in numbers. That setup tends to generate corners as Stevenage look to clear their lines repeatedly. Back over 9 corners in this one, with the majority coming Leicester’s way as they look to break down a stubborn away side.

Over and Under Goals Prediction

Leicester have the firepower to score two or three here, but Stevenage are not a side that leaks goals freely. They have kept things tight in recent weeks even when results have not gone their way. Under 3.5 goals looks the safer line, with a 2-0 or 2-1 scoreline feeling most likely. Back under 3.5 goals and let the value do the work.

Bet Builder Tip

Riis to score first in a controlled Leicester win where Stevenage’s misfiring attack fails to find a way through is a tidy combination that ties together the main threads of this preview nicely.

Final Match Prediction

Leicester are the better side right now and King Power Stadium should give them the platform to show it. Stevenage will make it competitive for a period, they always do, but the EFL Trophy result masks the fact that this is a Leicester side with real quality in attack and a settled backline that has not been leaking goals. Russell Martin has his team playing with purpose and Riis looks like a man who is going to cause problems for League One defenders all season.

A 2-0 home win feels right. Leicester controlled, clinical in front of goal, and Stevenage unable to replicate the Trophy heroics when the pressure is really on in a league fixture.

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