Leicester — refereeing decisions
Panel-confirmed errors involving Leicester · 2023-24 onward
Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 8 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Leicester — 7 in their favour and 1 against them, a net expected-goals swing of +4.08 across 7 matches.
More calls against a club is not evidence of bias — the spread between clubs is close to what chance produces. RefCard publishes the ledger, not an accusation.
By season
| Season | Errors involving them | In their favour | Against them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Every confirmed error involving Leicester
- 2024-25 · Leicester v Chelsea (2024-11-23) — referee Andy Madley; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Wilfred Ndidi committed a serious foul play challenge on Cole Palmer but was not shown a red card.
- 2024-25 · Southampton v Leicester (2024-10-19) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Jordan Ayew's challenge on Paul Onuachu in the penalty area was not given as a penalty by the referee, and VAR did not intervene as it did not meet the clear and obvious threshold.
- 2024-25 · Ipswich v Leicester (2024-11-02) — referee Tim Robinson; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Ipswich's Conor Chaplin was challenged by Leicester's Fatawu Issahaku in the box, but the referee did not award a penalty despite the KMI panel determining it should have been given.
- 2024-25 · Everton v Leicester (2025-02-01) — referee Darren Bond; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Referee did not award a penalty for Vestergaard's challenge on Beto, KMI panel ruled it should have been a penalty but was below VAR intervention threshold.
- 2024-25 · Brighton v Leicester (2025-04-12) — referee Darren Bond; the decision went against them. Panel: Challenge by Pervis Estupiñán on Kasey McAteer where penalty appeal was denied on field but KMI determined penalty should have been awarded.
- 2024-25 · Leicester v Brentford (2025-02-21) — referee Tony Harrington; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Woyo Coulibaly challenged Kevin Schade in the penalty area in the 5th minute and the referee did not award a penalty to Brentford. KMI panel judged it an on-field error below the clear-and-obvious threshold for VAR intervention; no panel vote split was published.
- 2024-25 · Wolves v Leicester (2025-04-26) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Referee wrongly awarded Leicester a penalty in the 70th minute for a challenge by Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa on Jamie Vardy; the KMI panel judged it an on-field error below the clear-and-obvious threshold for VAR intervention. No panel vote split was published.
- 2024-25 · Ipswich v Leicester (2024-11-02) — referee Tim Robinson; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Kalvin Phillips was wrongly given a second yellow card, resulting in a red card.