Vardy to make final Leicester appearance against Ipswich

Vardy confirmed he would be leaving Leicester in the wake of their relegation from the Premier League.

The 38-year-old, who joined Leicester in 2012, counts a Premier League title and the FA Cup among his honours with the Foxes.

Leicester play their last home match of the season against fellow relegated team Ipswich Town this weekend.

And it will mark Vardy's final game for the club, despite the season having one more game left to run afterwards.

Vardy is on 499 Leicester appearances, and has scored 199 goals across all competitions for the Foxes.

Jamie Vardy’s debut, all those years ago. pic.twitter.com/PjTcVPgaR0

— Leicester City (@LCFC) May 15, 2025

Leicester have picked up form since their relegation was confirmed, and have taken four points from their last two games.

They beat Southampton at home before drawing away at Nottingham Forest.

"We took the lead and then went behind in the second half and showed character to get back in it and pick up a point, which is a good result for us," said defender Luke Thomas after the 2-2 draw at the City Ground.

"That’s what we’ve been looking for every week, just to keep going. We’re obviously already relegated so it’s tough, but we’ve shown that today by picking up a result. I’m sure the travelling fans will be happy on the way home.

"We want to win as many games as we can. We’ve only got two left but hopefully we can pick up results there."

Ipswich, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 home defeat to Brentford in their last outing.

Buonanotte is not set to play in the Championship with Leicester next season, as he is on loan from Brighton.

The Argentine scored Leicester's equaliser at Forest, converting at the end of a fine run, and will be keen to end the season on a high to ensure he is in the plans of his parent club.

Delap is going to be hot property this summer, with speculation circulating that he has a £30million release clause in his contract.

The forward has scored 12 league goals for Ipswich and on Thursday, was nominated for the top-flight's Young Player of the Season award.

Leicester are unbeaten in their last 10 home league games against Ipswich (W5 D5) since a 2-1 loss in the second tier in December 2002.

The away side has never won in seven previous Premier League meetings between Leicester and Ipswich (D2 L5), with the Tractor Boys losing two of their three visits to the Foxes.

Leicester have lost their final home league game in three of the last five seasons (W2), though have won their last two such matches as a Premier League side (4-1 v Southampton in 2021-22, 2-1 v West Ham 2022-23).

Ipswich won their final away league game of 2023-24 (2-1 v Coventry), but have not done so in consecutive campaigns since a run of three between 1995-96 and 1997-98.

Leicester’s 2-0 win against Southampton in their last home match ended a nine-game losing run at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League. They last won consecutive home top-flight matches in May 2022.

Leicester - 41.4%

Ipswich - 33.2%