Ten-Man Hull City Hold Leicester in Four-Goal Championship Thriller

Leicester City FC were pegged back to a 2–2 draw by Hull City AFC in a lively Championship encounter on matchday 44, as the visitors recovered from a second-half deficit despite going down to ten men.

Hull struck first on 18 minutes when Liam Millar opened the scoring, giving the visitors an early advantage and leaving Leicester chasing the game heading into the break.

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The hosts turned the match on its head shortly after half-time. Jordan James converted a penalty in the 52nd minute to level the scores, before Luke Thomas completed a rapid turnaround just two minutes later. Thomas finished from close range after being set up by Bobby Reid, putting Leicester 2–1 in front.

Hull’s task became even harder just after the hour mark. Sergej Jakirović received a yellow card in the 53rd minute and was then shown a second booking in the 55th minute, resulting in a red card and leaving the visitors with ten men for the final third of the game.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, Hull found a response. In the 63rd minute, Oliver McBurnie struck to make it 2–2, finishing off a move created by Millar, who added an assist to his earlier goal.

Both managers turned to their benches in search of a winner, with Leicester introducing Harry Winks, Aaron Ramsey, Stephy Mavididi, Jordan Ayew and Hamza Choudhury, while Hull brought on Lewis Koumas, Yu Hirakawa, Regan Slater, Kyle Joseph and Paddy McNair. However, neither side could find a decisive third goal.

The closing stages were punctuated by further bookings for Oliver Skipp, Ivor Pandur and Winks as tensions rose, but the scoreline remained unchanged.

Leicester and Hull each take a point from a contest that swung repeatedly in momentum. More detailed statistical data, such as possession figures and shot counts, was not available at the time of writing.

For more on the Championship run-in and full match context, visit the Championship page on Ballaxy or the team hubs for Leicester City and Hull City.

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Championship Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City FC	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95	W W W D D
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84	W D D W D
3	Millwall FC	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83	W D W W D
4	Southampton FC	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80	W D D W W
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80	D W W D L
6	Hull City AFC	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73	W L D D L
7	Wrexham AFC	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71	D L W W L
8	Derby County FC	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69	L W L W L
9	Norwich City FC	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65	L D W W L
10	Birmingham City FC	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64	D W W D W
11	Swansea City AFC	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64	W D W L W
12	Bristol City FC	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62	W L D L D
13	Sheffield United FC	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60	W L L W W
14	Preston North End FC	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60	L W L L W
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58	L L L L D
16	Watford FC	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57	L L L L L
17	Stoke City FC	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55	L L L L D
18	Portsmouth FC	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55	D W L W W
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53	L W L D L
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52	L W D L D
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51	L D W W D
22	Oxford United FC	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47	L W L L W
23	Leicester City FC	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46	W D D L L
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0	W L L D D