Walsall vs Leicester City, 2024-25 English Carabao Cup, Third Round

· Leicester City advance 3-0 on penalties

FT - Penalties
0 - 0
Leicester City advance 3-0 on penalties

About

Walsall are hosting Leicester City at Poundland Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Carabao Cup.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Offside, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte is caught offside.
2': Foul by Connor Barrett (Walsall).
2': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
2': Foul by David Okagbue (Walsall).
9': Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
9': Foul by Evan Weir (Walsall).
11': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
11': Liam Gordon (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
12': Ronan Maher (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
15': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Conor Coady.
15': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Foul by Charlie Lakin (Walsall).
17': Attempt saved. Charlie Lakin (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah.
23': Attempt missed. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
25': Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
25': Foul by Ryan Stirk (Walsall).
26': Attempt missed. Odsonne Édouard (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte.
30': Attempt missed. Charlie Lakin (Walsall) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Okagbue with a headed pass.
33': Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Ryan Stirk (Walsall).
34': Attempt blocked. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
35': Attempt missed. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
36': Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Stirk (Walsall).
40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
41': Attempt missed. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Boubakary Soumaré with a cross.
41': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
41': Ronan Maher (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
42': Attempt blocked. Charlie Lakin (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
43': Evan Weir (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
45'+1': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ronan Maher.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+3': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
45'+3': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Odsonne Édouard.
45'+4': First Half ends, Walsall 0, Leicester City 0.
45': Second Half begins Walsall 0, Leicester City 0.
47': Attempt missed. Albert Adomah (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Lowe.
49': Foul by Liam Gordon (Walsall).
49': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
57': Ronan Maher (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Attempt blocked. Ronan Maher (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
58': Delay in match because of an injury Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
61': Foul by Harry Williams (Walsall).
61': Odsonne Édouard (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
66': Substitution, Walsall. Jamie Jellis replaces Charlie Lakin.
69': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Liam Gordon.
69': Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Odsonne Édouard.
70': Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
71': Substitution, Walsall. Taylor Allen replaces Ronan Maher.
72': Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
73': Delay in match (Leicester City).
74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Substitution, Walsall. Danny Johnson replaces Albert Adomah.
75': Substitution, Walsall. Jamille Matt replaces Nathan Lowe.
77': Attempt saved. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
79': Attempt saved. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
79': Delay in match because of an injury Tommy Simkin (Walsall).
79': Substitution, Leicester City. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
80': Substitution, Leicester City. Oliver Skipp replaces Hamza Choudhury.
80': Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
83': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Foul by Evan Weir (Walsall).
83': Evan Weir (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Danny Johnson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Foul by Conor Coady (Leicester City).
86': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Oliver Skipp.
87': Attempt blocked. David Okagbue (Walsall) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Jellis with a cross.
87': Delay in match (Leicester City).
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
88': Attempt blocked. Danny Johnson (Walsall) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Gordon.
89': Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
90': Foul by Jamie Jellis (Walsall).
90': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Jamie Jellis (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Foul by Harry Williams (Walsall).
90'+3': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Foul by Liam Gordon (Walsall).
90'+5': Liam Gordon (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Walsall 0, Leicester City 0.
90': Penalty Shootout begins Walsall 0, Leicester City 0.
91': Goal! Walsall 0, Leicester City 0(1). Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
92': Penalty saved. Taylor Allen (Walsall) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
93': Goal! Walsall 0, Leicester City 0(2). Conor Coady (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
93': Penalty saved. David Okagbue (Walsall) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
94': Goal! Walsall 0, Leicester City 0(3). Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
95': Penalty saved. Liam Gordon (Walsall) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
95': Penalty Shootout ends, Walsall 0, Leicester City 0(3).
0': Match ends, Walsall 0, Leicester City 0(3).

Statistics

LEI		WAL
6	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	6
1	Saves	2
74.1	Possession	25.9
9	SHOTS	7
2	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
579	Accurate Passes	143
674	Passes	221
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.6
5	Accurate Crosses	1
18	Crosses	22
0.3	Cross %	0.0
65	Long Balls	64
34	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
1	Blocked Shots	4
17	Effective Tackles	6
20	Tackles	14
0.9	Tackle %	0.4
8	Interceptions	19
27	Effective Clearances	11
27	Clearances	11

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium
Location: Walsall, England
Attendance: 8,010

Line-Ups

Walsall (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Tommy Simkin (GK)
24	Harry Williams
30	Evan Weir
26	David Okagbue
8	Charlie Lakin
16	Ronan Maher
25	Ryan Stirk
3	Liam Gordon
2	Connor Barrett
37	Albert Adomah
7	Nathan Lowe

Walsall Substitutes:

Jamie Jellis, Rico Browne, Danny Johnson, George Hall, Sam Hornby, Brandon Comley, Donervon Daniels, Jamille Matt, Taylor Allen.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Danny Ward (GK)
5	Caleb Okoli
4	Conor Coady
33	Luke Thomas
21	Ricardo Pereira
40	Facundo Buonanotte
17	Hamza Choudhury
24	Boubakary Soumaré
29	Odsonne Édouard
14	Bobby De Cordova-Reid
7	Fatawu Issahaku

Leicester City Substitutes:

Jordan Ayew, Michael Golding, Bilal El Khannouss, Daniel Iversen, James Justin, Wout Faes, Will Alves, Oliver Skipp, Kasey McAteer.

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