Leicester 2-2 Hull City: Foxes relegated to League One 10 years after PL title

Ten years after winning the Premier League title, Leicester City are relegated to the third tier of English football.

2025/2026 EFL Championship

Match Report

Gary Rowett's side sat 23rd in the table, eight points from safety, prior to kick-off, following a run of just two wins in their last 19 league games.

They needed to beat the Tigers in order to fight another day, and they fought back from a goal down to lead. But Oli McBurnie's strike sealed their fate.

Relegation to the third tier comes just shy of a decade after Leicester beat odds of 5,000/1 to win the Premier League title under Claudio Ranieri.

In 2026/27, the Foxes will play in the third tier of English football for only the second time in their 142-year history.

Line-ups

Leicester XI: Asmir Begovic, Vestergaard, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Lascelles, Pereira, Patson Daka, Skipp, Luke Thomas, Abdul Fatawu, Jordan James, Divine Mukasa

Subs: Jordan Ayew, Winks, Joe Aribo, Mavididi, Souttar, Choudhury, Jakub Stolarczyk, Aaron Ramsey, Jeremy Monga

Hull City XI: Egan, Matt Crooks, Lundstram, Semi Ajayi, McBurnie, Lewie Coyle, Liam Millar, Ryan Giles, Ivor Pandur, Joe Gelhardt, Mohamed Belloumi

Subs: Paddy McNair, Dillon Phillips, Regan Slater, Eliot Matazo, Matty Jacob, Kyle Joseph, Yu Hirakawa, Lewis Koumas, Charlie Hughes