Swansea v Leicester Competition - Sky Bet Championship Venue - Swansea.com Stadium Date - 27 September 2025 Kick off - 12:30pm Following their battling 2-1 away win over Blackburn Rovers, next up for Alan Sheehan’s Swansea squad is a tough looking home match against one of the pre-season automatic promotion favourites, Leicester. On Tuesday evening, Blackburn’s home struggles continued as Goncalo Franco's sparkling volley and a cool Liam Cullen finish saw Swansea City come from behind to win at Ewood Park. Rovers gave themselves hope of a first victory on their ground this season when Todd Cantwell headed Valerien Ismael's team in front. The goal came via Blackburn's one genuine chance in the first half, as Ryan Alebiosu's deflected cross looped on to the head of Cantwell and his effort bounced through Ben Cabango's legs and into the net. Swansea might have levelled when Cameron Burgess headed narrowly wide, and the equaliser came just before the break when a patient passing move ended with Josh Tymon picking out Franco at the far post. The Portuguese midfielder finished in style, crashing the ball back across goal and into the far corner. Cantwell was denied a second goal by Vigouroux as Blackburn upped the tempo early in the second period, before Alan Sheehan changed his entire forward line and was rewarded when two of his four attacking substitutes combined to put Swansea in front. After Augustus Kargbo's loose touch, Adam Idah drove down the right before rolling the ball across the edge of the area for Cullen to guide in his first goal of the season. Blackburn asked questions of Swansea late on, with Yuki Ohashi's header forcing a diving save from Vigouroux before Cantwell's somewhat optimistic appeals for a late penalty - after Burgess' sliding challenge - were turned down. That same evening, Wrexham’s record signing Nathan Broadhead helped Phil Parkinson's side come from behind to take a point at King Power Stadium and extend Leicester's winless run to four games. The Foxes looked as though they were heading for their first victory in a month after Wales midfielder Jordan James' first-half goal put the hosts on top. But, after three successive draws for the Foxes, Wrexham capitalised on Leicester anxiety and lack of cutting edge as Broadhead pounced with 13 minutes remaining. It was the Wales forward's first Championship goal since making a £7.5m move from Ipswich Town in the summer transfer window. The Swans first played the Foxes in December 1914, with Leicester having dominated the overall match record since that first fixture, winning 21 of the 41 games, losing 11 with 9 draws. In the corresponding fixture the season before last, Leicester ran out comfortable 1-3 winners: Turning to tomorrow, the match will be a decent indicator of the Swans’ chances of promotion success this season - it’s not a must win game, per se, but it will be a good gauge of how good a team we are…. In some respects, I’d be happy with a point, but I have a sneaky feeling that we will run out 2-1 winners.
