The Leicester City Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Jake Donohue out for 25 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leicester City will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Leicester City — 7.92
1 for Sammy Braybrooke, marked 7.92, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Christian McFarlane is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match17 Oct 2026
Leicester City find a way past Swansea City
Swansea City made Leicester City work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
Leicester City supporters have found a favourite in Abdul Fatawu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Abdul Fatawu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Stephy Mavididi in the eights
A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Leicester City
Ephron Mason-Clark was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Maxwell Adedeji out for 22 days
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Maxwell Adedeji, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
Stevie Bausor wants to come home
“I did not go to Cheltenham Town to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leicester City and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Ricardo Pereira
- Looking ahead Jannik Vestergaard faces his old club