Tranmere Rovers vs Leicester City, 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, Second Round

· English Carabao Cup

Tranmere Rovers

FT
0 - 2

Leicester City

55': Wilfred Ndidi
59': Jamie Vardy

About

Tranmere Rovers are hosting Leicester City at Prenton Park, Birkenhead, 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.
2': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
2': Harry Winks (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tom Davies.
6': Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
10': Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
11': Foul by Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers).
11': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
13': Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
15': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
15': Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Samuel Taylor (Tranmere Rovers).
17': Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull.
18': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Josef Yarney.
21': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tom Davies.
24': Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
26': Attempt saved. Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Jennings.
27': Attempt blocked. Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Turnbull.
28': Attempt saved. Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Jennings with a headed pass.
29': Dangerous play by Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers).
29': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers).
32': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull.
35': Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
36': Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
38': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
38': Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Offside, Tranmere Rovers. Dan Pike tries a through ball, but Josh Hawkes is caught offside.
40': Offside, Leicester City. Harry Winks tries a through ball, but Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
41': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Josef Yarney.
41': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
42': Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
43': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
43': Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44': Foul by Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers).
44': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Callum Doyle (Leicester City).
45'+2': First Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 0.
45': Second Half begins Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 0.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Harry Winks.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Wanya Marçal replaces Stephy Mavididi.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Marc Albrighton.
48': Foul by Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers).
48': Yunus Akgün (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Attempt blocked. Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Connor Jennings.
52': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tom Davies.
53': Attempt blocked. Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Regan Hendry.
54': Attempt saved. Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Jennings.
55': Goal! Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 1. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cesare Casadei.
59': Goal! Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi with a cross.
60': Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
62': Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
62': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Wout Faes.
63': Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Jamie Vardy.
64': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers).
64': Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Wout Faes (Leicester City).
65': Wout Faes (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Offside, Tranmere Rovers. Jordan Turnbull tries a through ball, but Connor Jennings is caught offside.
69': Offside, Tranmere Rovers. Samuel Taylor tries a through ball, but Kieron Morris is caught offside.
70': Attempt missed. Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
71': Foul by Callum Doyle (Leicester City).
71': Samuel Taylor (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Foul by Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers).
76': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Charlie Jolley replaces Samuel Taylor.
77': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Kane Hemmings replaces Kieron Morris.
77': Foul by Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers).
77': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
79': Attempt blocked. Wanya Marçal (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
79': Attempt missed. Yunus Akgün (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
82': Substitution, Leicester City. Ben Nelson replaces James Justin because of an injury.
83': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
84': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Kristian Dennis replaces Regan Hendry.
86': Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Reece McAlear replaces Josh Hawkes.
89': Attempt blocked. Reece McAlear (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kane Hemmings.
90': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Chris Merrie.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josef Yarney with a cross.
90'+4': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers).
90'+4': Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
90'+5': Kane Hemmings (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 2.
0': Match ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 2.
0': Match ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Leicester City 2.

Statistics

LEI		TRN
10	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	1
68.6	Possession	31.4
10	SHOTS	9
3	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
678	Accurate Passes	264
761	Passes	348
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
25	Crosses	10
0.2	Cross %	0.3
53	Long Balls	51
32	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	5
10	Effective Tackles	15
13	Tackles	23
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
14	Interceptions	13
9	Effective Clearances	33
9	Clearances	33

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Prenton Park
Location: Birkenhead, England
Attendance: 6,610

Line-Ups

Tranmere Rovers (4-3-3)

No.	Name
13	Joe Murphy (GK)
6	Jordan Turnbull
5	Tom Davies
24	Dan Pike
21	Josef Yarney
16	Christopher Merrie
8	Regan Hendry
7	Kieron Morris
18	Connor Jennings
11	Josh Hawkes
20	Samuel Taylor

Tranmere Rovers Substitutes:

Kane Hemmings, Mikey Davies, Rhys Hughes, Paul Lewis, Charlie Jolley, Reece McAlear, Kristian Dennis, Luke McGee, Brad Walker.

Leicester City (3-2-4-1)

No.	Name
41	Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
3	Wout Faes
5	Callum Doyle
2	James Justin
17	Hamza Choudhury
8	Harry Winks
10	Stephy Mavididi
11	Marc Albrighton
9	Jamie Vardy
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
7	Cesare Casadei

Leicester City Substitutes:

Ben Nelson, Yunus Akgün, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Mads Hermansen, Jannik Vestergaard, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Danny Ward, Ricardo Pereira.

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