Leicester City Vs Norwich City: Canaries win 2-0 at King Power as injuries shape outcome
In a tightly watched leicester city vs norwich city contest, Norwich City defeated Leicester 2-0 at the King Power Stadium, with second-half goals from Anis Ben Slimane and Ali Ahmed sealing the result. The victory extended Norwich’s run of wins and left Leicester still without a league win in nine matches, deepening their relegation fight.
Anis Ben Slimane: fifth goal in nine and second-half breakthrough
Anis Ben Slimane opened the scoring with his fifth goal in nine league games, setting Norwich on their way in the second half before Ali Ahmed added a second. The Canaries dominated after the break, though early on they were kept at bay by a fine goalkeeping display from late stand-in Jakub Stolarczyk. The match finished Leicester City 0, Norwich City 2, and at one point a corner for Leicester was conceded by Jacob Wright.
Leicester City Vs Norwich City — King Power Stadium, 12. 30pm kick-off
The Championship fixture took place on Saturday, February 28 with a 12. 30pm kick-off at the King Power Stadium and was shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. The result leaves Leicester in the bottom three, nine league games without a win and with 12 games remaining — a sequence that places them at risk of a second successive relegation. Gary Rowett, who had overseen draws at home to Stoke (2-2) and at Middlesbrough (1-1) in his first two matches in charge, took his first game at the King Power following those results.
Philippe Clement and Norwich's stretched squad — injuries and short-term absences
Norwich arrived at Leicester with a long treatment room list but still claimed a vital victory. Mohamed Toure was forced off in the opening 10 minutes of the midweek 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday and is set to be sidelined for between four to six weeks with a groin issue. That absence left Mathias Kvistgaarden as the only fit senior striker, with Jakov Medic operating there in the second half of that match. Philippe Clement’s squad also remained without Pelle Mattsson, who suffered an ankle injury in last month’s victory over Coventry, and Oscar Schwartau, who has been ruled out for a month with a hamstring problem.
Others named in Norwich’s lengthy injury list include Matej Jurasek (foot), Lucien Mahovo (muscular issue expected to be out for a significant period), Harry Amass (hamstring), Ante Crnac and Mirko Topic (ACL injuries, ruled out for the rest of the season), Jeffrey Schlupp, Shane Duffy, Papa Diallo, Jovon Makama and Oscar Schwartau. Elliot Myles and Gabe Forsyth have made returns to training as they build up fitness, while Jose Cordoba and Amankwah Forson were expected to return to the matchday squad.
Predicted line-ups and personnel movements
Pre-match predictions listed possible line-ups. Leicester’s predicted XI was: Begovic; Ricardo Pereira, Okoli, Nelson, L Thomas; Winks, Skipp; Fatawu, Mukasa, Mavididi; Ayew, with substitutes De Cordova-Reid, Daka, Aribo, Page, Monga, Richards and Aluko. Norwich’s predicted XI was: Kovacevic; Stacey, McConville, Darling, Fisher; Wright, McLean; Gibbs, Maghoma, Ahmed; Kvistgaarden, with subs Medic, Springett, Field, Ben Slimane, Chrisene, Marcondes and Mundle-Smith.
Several personnel notes preceded the match: Jannik Vestergaard had not featured since January; Jordan James, Aaron Ramsey, Victor Kristiansen and Hamza Choudhury had been listed as sidelined in earlier pre-match assessments. Jordan James, however, returned to action as a substitute after more than five weeks out. Abdul Fatawu was expected to be fit after returning to the matchday squad in Leicester’s midweek draw at Middlesbrough.
Form, head-to-head and broader significance
The result deepened contrasting trajectories. Norwich have now won seven of their past nine league games, a run that has moved them eight points clear of the relegation zone following the midweek win over Sheffield Wednesday and helped to ease early-season survival fears. Leicester, by contrast, have now gone nine league games without a win and have lost their last three Championship home matches; their last spell of more consecutive home defeats outside the top flight dated back to April 1914.
Historical and statistical markers were plentiful: Leicester had won each of their last five league meetings with Norwich since a 1-0 Premier League loss in February 2020, yet Norwich had conceded at least twice in each of their last five league games against Leicester. Norwich have won four of their last five away league games (L1), matching their tally across the previous 31 road fixtures (D12 L15). Only three players have scored more away league goals for Norwich this season than Mohamed Touré, despite Touré having played just 60 minutes on the road. Seven of Norwich’s last ten games featured at least three goals, and Norwich had failed to keep a clean sheet on each of their last seven trips to Leicester.
What makes this notable is how squad availability and recent form combined to produce a decisive result: a depleted Norwich side still claimed an away win that simultaneously eased their relegation concerns and compounded Leicester’s urgent need to convert draws into victories. The match report was last updated 28th February 2026 at 14: 25.
