Leicester City 0 Albion 1: Seike strikes to lift Albion into top half

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Japanese forward scores tenth goal of the season as Albion climb to sixth in the WSL.

Bruce Talbot

2026-03-29T16:55+00:00

Delight for Kiko Seike after she scored her tenth goal of the season in last Sunday's win over Leicester City. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Albion moved back into the top half of the Barclays WSL table after completing the double over bottom of the table Leicester City with a narrow but deserved win at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Kiko Seike, who scored four goals in Japan's recent Asia Cup success, maintained her good form in front of goal on return to domestic duty when she scored for the third successive WSL game just after the break.

Kiko Seike scores her tenth goal of the season. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Albion had dominated the first half without turning plentiful possession into goals but that changed three minutes into the second half when Fran Kirby was allowed to run at a retreating defence and thread a pass inside Leicester defender Ashleigh Neville.

Rosa Kafaji latched onto it and unselfishly squared the ball across the six-yard box to Seike who had a tap-in for her tenth goal in all competitions for Albion this season.

The visitors had further chances to extend their lead while Chiamaka Nnadozie was a spectator for much of the game. The league’s lowest scorers seldom looked like adding to their nine goals and Nnadozie was never seriously troubled.

Albion dominated the first half but had nothing to show for it despite creating some promising openings/

Madison Haley holds off her opponent. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Caitlin Hayes forced Foxes’ keeper Janina Leitzig into a reflex save after she latched on to Kirby’s pull-back then skipper Maisie Symonds curled a right-footed free-kick from 25 yards just wide of the post.

Kirby and Seike combined neatly when Seike dummied her teammate’s pass but Leicester defender Sarah Mayling got in the way of Haley’s shot and Leitzig made the save.

Albion’s front three – Seike, Kirby and the hardworking Rosa Kafaji – were a threat throughout and when they combined again on the hour Seike found Kirby on the overlap and her low cross was set to be turned in by Kafaji but Mayling made another brilliant block.

The Albion line-up before kick-off at the King Power Stadium. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Leitzig stretched to push away Seike’s shot after more good approach work by Kirby and it felt like a second goal against a team who have not scored than once in any game this season would put the game to bed.

It didn’t come – although Kirby forced another fine save from Leitzig in stoppage time – but Albion were deserved winners.

Albion: Nnadozie, Minami, Kafaji (sub: Tvedten 89), Symonds (Noordam 71), Cankovic, Seike, Kirby, Hayes, Olislagers (Mpome 71), Haley, McLauchlan (Auee 89).