Capital One Cup - Quarter Final Draw

Leicester City will face Manchester City at home in the Quarter Final of the Capital One Cup. The match will take place on Tuesday 17th or Wednesday 18th December. The draw in full:

Leicester City v Manchester City

Stoke v Manchester Utd

Sunderland or Southampton v Chelsea 

Tottenham v West Ham

Fighting Foxes Fend Off Fulham

Leicester City 4 - 3 Fulham

Leicester produced an outstanding display to beat Premiership side Fulham in a pulsating League Cup tie at the King Power Stadium this evening. The result - Leicester's eighth successive home win in all competitions - puts them into the Quarter Final of the competition. The Foxes are the only side remaining in the competition from outside the Premier League. Nigel Pearson made five changes to his starting line-up, bringing in Wood, Schlupp, Hammond, James and Miquel. He also changed to a 4-2-3-1 formation. It would be fair to say that it took City a while to get to grips with the change in shape and personnel. Fulham took advantage of Leicester's slow start, Rodallega putting the visitors ahead in the 18th minute. 

City responded well and two goals before half-time put Leicester in charge of the game. First, a thunderous Knockaert free-kick rebounded off the goalkeeper. Wes Morgan was the first to react and steered a header into the bottom corner. A few minutes later, a casual clearance from Senderos rebounded off Konchesky and fell into Wood's path. He calmly slotted the ball home to give Leicester the lead at the break. Less than 10 minutes into the second half, City were 3-1 up when Ignasi Miquel headed home an excellent cross from Drinkwater. 

City should have won the game comfortably from this point. However, a lapse in concentration allowed Roadellaga to pull a goal back for Fulham almost immediately after the re-start. This gave Fulham momentum and it seemed likely that they would equalise, despite some excellent opportunities for Dyer and Schlupp to extend the Foxes' lead. Indeed, Fulham's equaliser came just 3 minutes before full-time, Karagounis thundering a superb free-kick into the top corner. The match seemed destined for extra time when substitute Nugent broke clear and slid a perfect cross into Dyer's path. The winger made no mistake to give Leicester the most dramatic of winners in the 89th minute. Leicester survived 6 minutes of injury time to record a famous victory.

Foxes Formula Beats Bournemouth

Leicester City 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Leicester notched up their 5th consecutive 2-1 home victory to move into the Championship's promotion places this afternoon. Bournemouth were the visitors today and Nigel Pearson named the same team and the same substitutes as last week. They delivered the same result. In all competitions, Leicester have now won 7 consecutive home games. It is a formidable record and one that the manager will be keen to extend when Premiership side Fulham visit the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night in the 4th Round of the Capital One Cup.

Leicester got off to a good start this afternoon when Nugent curled a trademark shot into the bottom corner in the 18th minute. To Bournemouth's credit, they struck back - Pugh netting with a sublime finish from outside of the box in the 38th minute. An error from Allsop in the Bournemouth goal gifted City the winning goal in the 64th minute. The goalkeeper should have come out to clear a Chris Wood through ball. His hesitation allowed Vardy to latch onto the pass, take the ball around him and slot it home. In truth, City should have gone on to score more goals in the final quarter of the game. 

Instead, Leicester made hard work of the victory and missed a number of clear-cut chances, although they weren't helped by some poor refereeing decisions. Vardy should have had a penalty early in the second half when he was clumsily knocked over in the box. Elliott Ward, who was eventually shown a red card, should have been dismissed in the first half. Having already been booked, the Bournemouth player kicked the ball away and should have received a second booking before the break. Despite these frustrations, Leicester were very professional and, although not at their absolute best, found a way to win the game. On the evidence so far, the Foxes look a stronger outfit than they were last season. Let's hope they can last the course...

Terriers Outfoxed!

Leicester City 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town

Leicester notched up their fifth consecutive home league win to beat a spirited Huddersfield Town team this afternoon. City took the lead in the 11th minute after superb work down the left hand channel by Nugent. He found Vardy, who hammered an excellent, right footed shot into the roof of the net. Both sides then had several good chances to score in an open and entertaining match. In the 38th minute, Knockaert's corner was headed into his own net to double Leicester's lead. At that stage, City looked very comfortable and should have taken complete control of the game.

To their credit, Huddersfield continued to fight and, in the 67th minute, substitute Scannell broke through and forced Paul Konchesky into an error. The full back, on his 100th appearance for the Foxes, deflected the ball into his own net. Huddersfield pressed for an equaliser and might have found one had their striker James Vaughan kept his cool. The striker thought he was fouled by City centre back Wasilewski. When the whistle failed to go, Vaughan pushed Wasilewski to the ground with a two handed shove. He received a straight red card and the visitors' momentum dissipated. City saw the game out comfortably from that point on and secured all three points to consolidate third place in the table.

Kasper's Keepmoat Keeping Catastrophe

Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Leicester City

Kasper Schmeichel's 17th minute howler cost Leicester City all 3 points at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium this afternoon. A Mark Duffy corner looped gently towards the Danish keeper's near post and Schmeichel allowed the ball to slip through his grasp and into the back of the net. It was a disappointing way to concede and a disappointing result, against a team struggling at the wrong end of the Championship table. Despite 10 shots at goal, Leicester never really got going and seemed at a loss in terms of how to deal with Doncaster's direct approach. As Nigel Pearson stated after the game, "We were a little bit laboured." It would be fair to say that this was an understatement from the manager.

The most frustrating aspect of this defeat is that City now have to wait a fortnight for an opportunity to put the result behind them. It is only Leicester's second defeat of the season, but both have come leading into the International break. The Foxes will be hoping that they can bounce back in the same way as they did after defeat at Charlton. That loss triggered a run of 6 games unbeaten, including 5 victories. Despite today's result, Leicester still sit 3rd in the table, with a return of 23 points from their first 11 games. They now face a run of 3 home games in 11 days, culminating in the visit of Premiership Fulham in the 4th Round of the Capital One Cup on 29th October.

Leicester Huish Home Crowd

Yeovil Town 1 - 2 Leicester City

Leicester extended their unbeaten run to 5 Championship games and moved level on points with league leaders Burnley, after a 2-1 away victory at Huish Park. Nigel Pearson named an unchanged side yet again and the Foxes made a solid start to the game, negotiating their way through to half-time at 0-0. After the break, City found a second gear and scored twice in 10 minutes to take a decisive lead in the game. First, in the 54th minute, Lloyd Dyer fired a left-footed shot into the bottom right hand corner after good work from Nugent. In the 63rd minute, De Laet was fouled in the box and Nugent slotted home his 6th penalty of the season. Hayter won and converted a penalty in the 84th minute to give Leicester an uncomfortable final 10 minutes. However, the Foxes held on to secure all 3 points.

Leicester have now suffered just one defeat in 13 matches in all competitions this season. They sit in third place in the table, level on points with leaders Burnley and second placed QPR. Nigel Pearson will be keen to go into the International break with another positive result from Saturday's trip to Doncaster, particularly after the result at Charlton, which lead into the last International break. In current form, not many would bet against them. Given the number of fixtures City have played in recent weeks, and the fact that they face another long away trip this weekend, expect to see a number of changes to the starting line-up on Saturday.