Mavididi Strike Gives Leicester Narrow Win at Blackburn on Final Day

Leicester City closed out their Championship campaign with a hard-fought 1–0 victory away to Blackburn Rovers, thanks to a late winner from Stephy Mavididi.

With the matchday 46 encounter at Ewood Park finely poised and goalless heading into the final quarter of an hour, Mavididi produced the decisive moment in the 78th minute. The Leicester forward struck to make it 1–0, a lead the visitors held until full time. No assist was officially recorded for the goal.

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The game saw few clear breakthroughs before Mavididi’s intervention, and detailed information on chances and overall match statistics was not available from the data. However, the pattern of substitutions suggests both managers were searching for a way to tilt a tight contest.

Blackburn made a double change at half-time, introducing Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Todd Cantwell for Kristi Montgomery and Yuri Ribeiro. Further attacking adjustments followed on 71 minutes, with Mathias Jørgensen and Matty Litherland replacing Adam Forshaw and Ryan Alebiosu, and Dion De Neve coming on for Moussa Baradji in the 77th minute as the hosts chased a response to Leicester’s eventual opener.

Leicester, meanwhile, refreshed their front line and midfield just before the hour, bringing on Silko Thomas for Jeremy Monga and Jordan Ayew for Louis Page. Later, Jordan James and Olabade Aluko replaced Patson Daka and booked full-back Ricardo Pereira in the 73rd minute, while Kevon Gray came on for Harry Souttar in the closing stages to help see out the result.

Discipline was limited to a yellow card apiece: Ricardo Pereira was cautioned for Leicester in the 54th minute, and Sean McLoughlin went into the book for Blackburn eight minutes later.

The narrow win caps Leicester’s regular season in the Championship, while Blackburn end their campaign with a home defeat. More granular data on lineups, possession and shot counts was not provided in the available match report.

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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