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Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City · Carabao Cup

Ipswich Town beat Leicester City 3-1 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Ipswich Town and Leicester City met in the Carabao Cup at Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich on Tuesday, 25 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Ipswich Town: S. W. Egeli 62'; M. Núñez 71', 90'. Leicester City: O. Aluko 67'.

How the match went

Leicester City saw more of the ball, 57% of it. Ipswich Town had 15 shots with 9 on target, Leicester City 22 with 9 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 5 to Ipswich Town and 3 to Leicester City. Ipswich Town conceded 11 fouls, Leicester City 13. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Ipswich Town, 2 for Leicester City).

Line-ups

Ipswich Town started in a 4-2-3-1: Christian Walton, Darnell Furlong, Dara O'Shea, Cédric Kipré, Abdoul Ouattara, Cameron Humphreys, Sindre Walle Egeli, Jack Clarke, Marcelino Núñez, Kasey McAteer, Chuba Akpom.

Leicester City started in a 4-1-4-1: Jakub Stolarczyk, Woyo Coulibaly, Olabade Aluko, Luke Thomas, Christian McFarlane, Conor Chaplin, Harry Howell, Sammy Braybrooke, Louis Page, Tom Watson, Admir Bristrić.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Ipswich Town 0-0 Leicester City.
  2. 62'Goal! Ipswich Town 1-0 Leicester City. S. W. Egeli (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by J. Clarke.
  3. 67'Goal! Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City. O. Aluko (Leicester City) scores, assisted by B. De Cordova-Reid.
  4. 71'Goal! Ipswich Town 2-1 Leicester City. M. Núñez (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by C. Akpom.
  5. 90+1'Goal! Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City. M. Núñez (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by C. Humphreys.
  6. 90'Full-time. Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City.
Full commentary (71 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Ipswich Town vs Leicester City.
  2. 1'Attempt missed. C. Akpom (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  3. 2'Attempt missed. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 4'Attempt saved. K. McAteer (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  5. 6'Attempt saved. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  6. 9'Attempt saved. L. Page (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  7. 11'Attempt blocked. S. Braybrooke (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  8. 17'Attempt missed. K. McAteer (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  9. 20'Attempt saved. C. McFarlane (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  10. 21'Attempt missed. C. McFarlane (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  11. 23'Attempt blocked. K. McAteer (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  12. 24'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  13. 27'Attempt blocked. C. Akpom (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  14. 32'Corner, Ipswich Town.
  15. 33'Attempt saved. D. O'Shea (Ipswich Town), header from a corner. xG 0.14.
  16. 35'Corner, Ipswich Town.
  17. 35'Attempt saved. K. McAteer (Ipswich Town), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  18. 38'Corner, Leicester City.
  19. 38'Attempt saved. C. Chaplin (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  20. 39'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  21. 40'Yellow card for O. Aluko (Leicester City) for foul.
  22. 43'Attempt blocked. H. Howell (Leicester City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.10.
  23. 44'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  24. 45'Corner, Leicester City.
  25. 45'1 minute of added time.
  26. 45+1'Attempt missed. C. McFarlane (Leicester City), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  27. 45'Half-time. Ipswich Town 0-0 Leicester City.
  28. 46'The second half is under way.
  29. 49'Yellow card for C. Humphreys (Ipswich Town) for foul.
  30. 49'Attempt blocked. C. McFarlane (Leicester City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
  31. 49'Attempt blocked. C. Chaplin (Leicester City), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
  32. 51'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  33. 52'Attempt blocked. L. Page (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  34. 54'Yellow card for J. Clarke (Ipswich Town) for foul.
  35. 55'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  36. 55'Attempt saved. H. Howell (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  37. 55'Attempt blocked. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  38. 61'Substitution, Leicester City: B. De Cordova-Reid comes on for C. Chaplin.
  39. 61'Substitution, Leicester City: L. Cullen comes on for A. Bristrić.
  40. 62'Goal! Ipswich Town 1-0 Leicester City. S. W. Egeli (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by J. Clarke.
  41. 63'Substitution, Ipswich Town: L. Davis comes on for A. Ouattara.
  42. 63'Attempt blocked. S. W. Egeli (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  43. 64'Attempt saved. C. Akpom (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.27.
  44. 65'Yellow card for C. Kipré (Ipswich Town) for foul.
  45. 66'Attempt blocked. B. De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  46. 66'Attempt saved. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  47. 66'Corner, Leicester City.
  48. 67'Goal! Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City. O. Aluko (Leicester City) scores, assisted by B. De Cordova-Reid.
  49. 67'Attempt saved. B. De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  50. 68'Attempt blocked. T. Watson (Leicester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  51. 69'Attempt saved. J. Clarke (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  52. 70'Yellow card for L. Page (Leicester City) for foul.
  53. 71'Goal! Ipswich Town 2-1 Leicester City. M. Núñez (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by C. Akpom.
  54. 74'Substitution, Leicester City: W. Burns comes on for O. Aluko.
  55. 74'Substitution, Leicester City: J. Joseph comes on for W. Coulibaly.
  56. 75'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  57. 80'Substitution, Ipswich Town: T. Mendel-Idowu comes on for K. McAteer.
  58. 81'Substitution, Leicester City: W. Alves comes on for H. Howell.
  59. 81'Substitution, Ipswich Town: D. Maeda comes on for J. Clarke.
  60. 83'Attempt missed. S. W. Egeli (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  61. 87'Attempt saved. C. Akpom (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.07.
  62. 87'Attempt blocked. T. Watson (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  63. 88'Corner, Ipswich Town.
  64. 89'Attempt missed. W. Alves (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  65. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  66. 90+1'Goal! Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City. M. Núñez (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by C. Humphreys.
  67. 90+4'Substitution, Ipswich Town: C. Compton comes on for M. Núñez.
  68. 90+5'Offside, Ipswich Town.
  69. 90+5'Offside, Leicester City.
  70. 90+6'Attempt saved. W. Alves (Leicester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  71. 90'Full-time. Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City.
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