English Carabao Cup

Leicester City vs Tranmere Rovers, 2024-25 English Carabao Cup, Second Round

· English Carabao Cup
Leicester City
  • 38': Jordan Ayew
  • 51': Stephy Mavididi (P)
  • 71': Wilfred Ndidi
  • 90': Harry Winks
FT
4 - 0
Tranmere Rovers

    About

    Leicester City are hosting Tranmere Rovers at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Carabao Cup.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 8': Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
    • 10': Foul by Josh Davison (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 10': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Hand ball by Harry Winks (Leicester City).
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi with a through ball.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 14': Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
    • 14': Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Offside, Tranmere Rovers. Josh Davison is caught offside.
    • 16': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 16': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Connor Jennings.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 27': Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
    • 30': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Skipp.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
    • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 34': Delay in match (Leicester City).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 36': Foul by Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 36': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Goal! Leicester City 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Winks.
    • 40': Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
    • 41': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 41': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 45': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 45'+1': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 48': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Brad Walker.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
    • 48': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Cameron Norman.
    • 50': Penalty Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 50': Penalty conceded by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 51': Goal! Leicester City 2, Tranmere Rovers 0. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 56': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull.
    • 57': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Cameron Norman.
    • 59': Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
    • 62': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Kristian Dennis replaces Harvey Saunders.
    • 62': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Connor Wood replaces Brad Walker.
    • 62': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Zak Bradshaw replaces Josh Davison.
    • 63': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Oliver Skipp.
    • 64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Cameron Norman.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 66': Foul by Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 66': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 66': Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Goal! Leicester City 3, Tranmere Rovers 0. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Conor Coady replaces Wout Faes.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Will Alves replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 73': Substitution, Leicester City. Chris Popov replaces Jordan Ayew.
    • 74': Chris Popov (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 74': Foul by Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers).
    • 75': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Sol Solomon replaces Omari Patrick.
    • 75': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Josh Williams replaces Lee O'Connor.
    • 75': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Kristian Dennis.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Chris Popov (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luke Thomas.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 83': Substitution, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu replaces Kasey McAteer.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cameron Norman with a headed pass.
    • 89': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull.
    • 89': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Connor Wood.
    • 90': Goal! Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury following a corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Chris Popov (Leicester City).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    1 Corner Kicks 9
    4 Saves 0
    29.5 Possession 70.5
    3 SHOTS 22
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    263 Accurate Passes 732
    335 Passes 795
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 2
    7 Crosses 33
    0.0 Cross % 0.1
    50 Long Balls 41
    21 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    1 Blocked Shots 6
    7 Effective Tackles 5
    9 Tackles 9
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    9 Interceptions 7
    38 Effective Clearances 12
    38 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: English Carabao Cup

    Venue: King Power Stadium
    Location: Leicester, England
    Attendance: 13,011

    Line-Ups

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Danny Ward (GK)
    5 Caleb Okoli
    3 Wout Faes
    33 Luke Thomas
    21 Ricardo Pereira
    8 Harry Winks
    6 Wilfred Ndidi
    22 Oliver Skipp
    18 Jordan Ayew
    10 Stephy Mavididi
    35 Kasey McAteer
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Daniel Iversen, Conor Coady, Ben Nelson, Fatawu Issahaku, Chris Popov, Hamza Choudhury, Will Alves, James Justin, Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

    TRN Tranmere Rovers (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    13 Joe Murphy (GK)
    4 Brad Walker
    5 Tom Davies Yellow Card
    6 Jordan Turnbull
    2 Cameron Norman
    16 Christopher Merrie
    22 Lee O'Connor
    30 Omari Patrick
    18 Connor Jennings
    10 Josh Davison
    19 Harvey Saunders
    Tranmere Rovers Substitutes:
    Josh Williams, Connor Wood, Zak Bradshaw, Kieron Morris, Sol Solomon, Kristian Dennis, Luke McGee.

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