Match Report
| Leicester City | Leicester City |  |  | Northampton Town | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Hieu Nhox | Hieu Nhox | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Oakes | D. Oakes |  | 56 | G |  | 1 | | G | 47 | | Matt Stamp | M. Stamp | |||||||||
| Niccolo Jess | N. Jess | | 60 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 49 |  | Samuel Lopes | S. Lopes | |||||||||
| Arco Moens | A. Moens |  | 57 | D | | 3 | | D | 47 | | George Cooke | G. Cooke | |||||||||
| Dean Wetherall | D. Wetherall | | 51 | D | | 4 | | D | 46 |  | Arnauld Zebre | A. Zebre | |||||||||
| Mervin Sharpe | M. Sharpe | | 49 | D | | 5 | | D | 45 | | Habib Robin | H. Robin | |||||||||
| Ruel Milburn | R. Milburn | | 70 | M | | 6 | | M | 60 | | Kevin Riggott | K. Riggott | |||||||||
| Francis May | F. May | | 63 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 | | Del Marsden | D. Marsden | |||||||||
| Rui Campos | R. Campos | | 54 | M | | 8 | | M | 51 | | Marcus Galli | M. Galli | |||||||||
| Phil Powell | P. Powell | | 53 | M | | 9 | | M | 48 | | Des Newby | D. Newby | |||||||||
| Paolo Salmon | P. Salmon | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 48 | | Trevor Grantt | T. Grantt | |||||||||
| Dennis Lee | D. Lee | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 47 | | Gary Eustace | G. Eustace | |||||||||
Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at King Power Stadium where Leicester City play host to Northampton Town. A crowd of 4,755 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Leicester City and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Leicester City and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Northampton Town kick off!
6.43
0-0George Cooke deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Des Newby. Des Newby controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gary Eustace. Gary Eustace shoots from 20 yards. It curls slightly but Danny Oakes manages to gather it comfortably.
10.17
0-0Rui Campos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by George Cooke.
15.13
0-0Dean Wetherall makes a simple pass to Francis May. Francis May knocks the ball to his team mate, Paolo Salmon. Paolo Salmon lofts in a cross ball towards Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee flicks the ball with his head. It's miles wide!
18.40
Dean Wetherall makes a probing pass to Phil Powell. Phil Powell controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Paolo Salmon. Paolo Salmon finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
20.26
Phil Powell chips the ball to his team mate, Paolo Salmon. Paolo Salmon shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
22.46
1-0Francis May flicks the ball to his team mate, Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee plays a perfect one-two with Paolo Salmon and rushes in on goal... Dennis Lee shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
33.40
1-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
38.28
Arco Moens kicks a strong pass forward to Francis May. Francis May sees space and advances. Francis May shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
44.19
1-0Francis May comes in with a late challenge on Marcus Galli. Francis May is shown the yellow card! Marcus Galli hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Leicester City get the second half underway!
47.14
Trevor Grantt catches Mervin Sharpe on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Mervin Sharpe hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
49.08
Francis May controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee shoots from 25 yards. Matt Stamp easily smothers it.
54.58
Leicester City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
60.43
Arco Moens makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francis May. Francis May threads the ball through to Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Samuel Lopes.
61.44
Arco Moens knocks the ball forward to Phil Powell. Phil Powell sees space and advances. Phil Powell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
83.29
1-0Francis May chips the ball to his team mate, Paolo Salmon. Paolo Salmon makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dennis Lee but he's offside!
87.54
Rui Campos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dennis Lee. Dennis Lee lofts in a cross ball towards Paolo Salmon. Paolo Salmon is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Matt Stamp easily picks it out of the air!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
4
0
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.8%
43.2%
Play Area
22.2%
45.7%
32.1%
Scorers
| Dennis Lee 22 |