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Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town · Carabao Cup

Leicester City beat Northampton Town 1-0 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Leicester City and Northampton Town met in the Carabao Cup at King Power Stadium in Leicester on Saturday, 8 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Leicester City: C. Okoli 15'. Northampton Town did not score.

How the match went

Leicester City saw more of the ball, 77% of it. Leicester City had 8 shots with 3 on target, Northampton Town 4 with 2 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 7 to Leicester City and 5 to Northampton Town. Leicester City conceded 11 fouls, Northampton Town 12. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (4 for Leicester City, 1 for Northampton Town).

Line-ups

Leicester City started in a 4-1-4-1: Jakub Stolarczyk, Jayden Joseph, Caleb Okoli, Harry Souttar, Luke Thomas, Oliver Skipp, William Alves, Sammy Braybrooke, Liam Cullen, Stephy Mavididi, Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

Northampton Town started in a 4-4-2: Zach Jeacock, Janoi Donacien, Elliott Moore, Jon Guthrie, James Maxwell, Kamarai Swyer, Tyrese Fornah, Jack Perkins, Elliot List, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Harvey Saunders.

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Minute by minute

  1. 15'Goal! Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town. C. Okoli (Leicester City) scores, assisted by L. Thomas.
  2. 45'Half-time. Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town.
  3. 90'Full-time. Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town.
Full commentary (33 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Leicester City vs Northampton Town.
  2. 1'Attempt saved. H. Saunders (Northampton Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  3. 15'Goal! Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town. C. Okoli (Leicester City) scores, assisted by L. Thomas.
  4. 35'Attempt blocked. C. Lemonheigh-Evans (Northampton Town), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.15.
  5. 36'Attempt missed. J. Guthrie (Northampton Town), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
  6. 37'Yellow card for B. De cordova-Reid (Leicester City) for foul.
  7. 40'Attempt blocked. L. Thomas (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  8. 42'Yellow card for S. Braybrooke (Leicester City) for foul.
  9. 45'Attempt missed. S. Braybrooke (Leicester City), header. xG 0.05.
  10. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  11. 45'Half-time. Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town.
  12. 46'The second half is under way.
  13. 50'Attempt missed. C. Okoli (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  14. 55'Attempt saved. C. Okoli (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  15. 59'Attempt saved. B. De cordova-Reid (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  16. 61'Substitution, Leicester City: W. Burns comes on for W. Alves.
  17. 61'Substitution, Leicester City: T. Watson comes on for S. Mavididi.
  18. 63'Substitution, Northampton Town: J. Wormleighton comes on for J. Donacien.
  19. 64'Substitution, Northampton Town: M. Warhurst comes on for E. List.
  20. 70'Substitution, Northampton Town: M. Dyche comes on for C. Lemonheigh-Evans.
  21. 70'Substitution, Northampton Town: S. Hoskins comes on for K. Swyer.
  22. 74'Attempt saved. T. Fornah (Northampton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  23. 79'Substitution, Leicester City: L. Page comes on for B. De cordova-Reid.
  24. 82'Yellow card for W. Burns (Leicester City) for foul.
  25. 83'Substitution, Northampton Town: L. Evans comes on for J. Perkins.
  26. 86'Substitution, Leicester City: O. Aluko comes on for J. Joseph.
  27. 87'Substitution, Leicester City: H. Choudhury comes on for L. Cullen.
  28. 90'Attempt blocked. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  29. 90'8 minutes of added time.
  30. 90+1'Attempt missed. O. Aluko (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  31. 90+3'Yellow card for H. Saunders (Northampton Town) for argument.
  32. 90+8'Yellow card for T. Watson (Leicester City) for foul.
  33. 90'Full-time. Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town.
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