Leicester City 1–0 Northampton Town

Leicester City

1–0

8 Aug 2026

Northampton Town

Carabao Cup Sat 8 Aug, 15:00London King Power Stadium, Leicester Ollie Yates

Timeline

15' Caleb Okoli assist Luke Thomas
37' Bobby De Cordova-Reid Yellow Card
42' Sammy Braybrooke Yellow Card
61' Tom Watson for Stephy Mavididi
61' Wes Burns for Will Alves
63' Joe Wormleighton for Janoi Donacien
64' Matthew Warhurst for Elliott List
70' Sam Hoskins for Kamarai Simon-Swyer
70' Max Dyche for Connor Lemonheigh-Evans
79' Louis Page for Bobby De Cordova-Reid
82' Wes Burns Yellow Card
83' Lee Evans for Jack Perkins
86' Olabade Aluko for Jayden Joseph
87' Hamza Choudhury for Liam Cullen
90'+3' Harvey Saunders Yellow Card
90'+8' Tom Watson Yellow Card

Match stats

77.1% Possession 22.9%

8 Shots 4

3 On target 2

11 Fouls 12

4 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

2 Offsides 1

2 Saves 2

754 Accurate passes 170

Lineups

Leicester City 4-1-4-1

1 Stolarczyk

33 Thomas 15 Souttar 5 Okoli 2 Joseph

22 Skipp

10 Mavididi 11 Cullen 36 Braybrooke 37 Alves

14 De Cordova-Reid

Northampton Town 4-4-2

1 Jeacock

3 Maxwell 5 Guthrie 6 Moore 44 Donacien

10 List 21 Perkins 14 Fornah 11 Simon-Swyer

32 Saunders 24 Lemonheigh-Evans

Leicester City 4-1-4-1

1 Jakub Stolarczyk G
15 Harry Souttar CD-L
5 Caleb Okoli CD-R
22 Oliver Skipp DM
33 Luke Thomas LB
2 Jayden Joseph ▼ RB
11 Liam Cullen ▼ CM-L
36 Sammy Braybrooke CM-R
10 Stephy Mavididi ▼ LM
37 Will Alves ▼ RM
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid ▼ F

Came on

23 Tom Watson ▲ SUB
25 Louis Page ▲ SUB
32 Olabade Aluko ▲ SUB
17 Hamza Choudhury ▲ SUB
7 Wes Burns ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

60 Riley Carr SUB
61 Stevie Bausor SUB
26 Woyo Coulibaly SUB
50 Tommy Neale SUB

Northampton Town 4-4-2

1 Zach Jeacock G
5 Jon Guthrie CD-L
6 Elliott Moore CD-R
3 James Maxwell LB
44 Janoi Donacien ▼ RB
21 Jack Perkins ▼ CM-L
14 Tyrese Fornah CM-R
10 Elliott List ▼ LM
11 Kamarai Simon-Swyer ▼ RM
32 Harvey Saunders CF-L
24 Connor Lemonheigh-Evans ▼ CF-R

Came on

7 Sam Hoskins ▲ SUB
8 Lee Evans ▲ SUB
9 Matthew Warhurst ▲ SUB
16 Joe Wormleighton ▲ SUB
35 Max Dyche ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (3)

43 Mataeo Moon-Arnaez SUB
34 Ross Fitzsimons SUB
42 Bobby Ashton SUB

Commentary

Match ends, Leicester City 1, Northampton Town 0.
90'+9' Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Northampton Town 0.
90'+8' Tom Watson (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+8' Foul by Tom Watson (Leicester City).
90'+8' Tyrese Fornah (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7' Offside, Northampton Town. James Maxwell is caught offside.
90'+5' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by James Maxwell.
90'+4' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4' Foul by Joe Wormleighton (Northampton Town).
90'+3' Olabade Aluko (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3' Foul by Tyrese Fornah (Northampton Town).
90'+3' Harvey Saunders (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

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90'+3' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3' Foul by Harvey Saunders (Northampton Town).
90'+2' Tom Watson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2' Foul by Matty Warhurst (Northampton Town).
90'+1' Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
90'+1' Attempt missed. Olabade Aluko (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
90' Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
90' Attempt blocked. Tom Watson (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wes Burns.
87' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Liam Cullen.
86' Substitution, Leicester City. Olabade Aluko replaces Jayden Joseph.
84' Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
83' Substitution, Northampton Town. Lee Evans replaces Jack Perkins.
82' Wes Burns (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82' Foul by Wes Burns (Leicester City).
82' James Maxwell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81' Liam Cullen (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81' Foul by Elliott Moore (Northampton Town).
80' Louis Page (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80' Foul by Joe Wormleighton (Northampton Town).
79' Substitution, Leicester City. Louis Page replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
77' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jon Guthrie.
77' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Elliott Moore.
75' Offside, Leicester City. Liam Cullen is caught offside.
74' Attempt saved. Tyrese Fornah (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Matty Warhurst.
74' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
72' Delay in match for a drinks break.
70' Substitution, Northampton Town. Max Dyche replaces Connor Lemonheigh-Evans.
70' Substitution, Northampton Town. Sam Hoskins replaces Kamarai Swyer.
70' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70' Foul by Tyrese Fornah (Northampton Town).
66' Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
66' Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64' Substitution, Northampton Town. Matty Warhurst replaces Elliott List.
63' Substitution, Northampton Town. Joe Wormleighton replaces Janoi Donacien because of an injury.
63' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
61' Delay in match because of an injury Janoi Donacien (Northampton Town).
61' Substitution, Leicester City. Wes Burns replaces Will Alves.
61' Substitution, Leicester City. Tom Watson replaces Stephy Mavididi.
59' Attempt saved. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Zach Jeacock (Northampton Town). Assisted by Liam Cullen with a through ball.
56' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Janoi Donacien.
55' Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City).
55' Zach Jeacock (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55' Attempt saved. Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Zach Jeacock (Northampton Town). Assisted by Jayden Joseph.
50' Attempt missed. Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sammy Braybrooke.
49' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
48' Delay in match because of an injury Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Northampton Town).
46' Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46' Foul by Tyrese Fornah (Northampton Town).
45' Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Northampton Town 0.
45'+4' First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Northampton Town 0.
45'+2' Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
45'+1' Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45' Attempt missed. Sammy Braybrooke (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Oliver Skipp with a cross.
42' Sammy Braybrooke (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42' Foul by Sammy Braybrooke (Leicester City).
42' Elliott List (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40' Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
40' Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi with a headed pass.
40' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40' Foul by Janoi Donacien (Northampton Town).
37' Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37' Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City).
37' Jack Perkins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36' Attempt missed. Jon Guthrie (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Maxwell with a cross following a corner.
35' Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Caleb Okoli.
35' Attempt blocked. Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elliott List.
33' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33' Foul by Jack Perkins (Northampton Town).
32' Foul by Jayden Joseph (Leicester City).
32' Elliott List (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29' Foul by Will Alves (Leicester City).
29' Jack Perkins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
24' Delay in match for a drinks break.
24' Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City).
24' Jack Perkins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23' Foul by Janoi Donacien (Northampton Town).
15' Goal! Leicester City 1, Northampton Town 0. Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross following a corner.
14' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by James Maxwell.
13' Will Alves (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
13' Foul by Elliott List (Northampton Town).
11' Foul by Sammy Braybrooke (Leicester City).
11' Jack Perkins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7' Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City).
7' Jack Perkins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
5' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Zach Jeacock.
5' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by James Maxwell.
1' Attempt saved. Harvey Saunders (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.