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Burton Albion 1-3 Leicester City: James Maddison goal seals Foxes' progress into quarter-finals

By Steve SutcliffeBBC Sport

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James Maddison
Leicester City have scored 12 goals across a two-game period for the first time since December 1964

James Maddison's late goal sealed Leicester's passage into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup at League One Burton.

Despite making nine changes from the record-equalling win at Southampton, Brendan Rodgers' team were fluent throughout.

Goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Youri Tielemans put the visitors in charge.

And Maddison's close-range effort secured the win after Liam Boyce scored with a 20-yard drive for the hosts.

Until then, last season's semi-finalists Burton, who have already knocked out Premier League Bournemouth this term, had shown they were capable of springing another surprise.

That was largely due to a mistake from Foxes keeper Danny Ward, who mishandled Boyce's rasping effort, coupled with the form of goalkeeper Kieran O'Hara.

But the on-loan Manchester United player could do little to prevent any of the visitors' goals - with Iheanacho sweeping his effort into the left corner from Tielemans' cross, the Belgian finding the bottom corner from Dennis Praet's cut-back and Maddison flicking in Demarai Gray's near-post cross.

The draw for the quarter-finals will be at 08:45 GMT on Thursday and will be broadcast live on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. You can also follow it on the BBC Sport website.

Relentless Leicester advance

Leicester made the short journey up the M1 motorway looking to maintain their fine run of form and, despite making a raft of changes, emerged as worthy winners.

On a night when the likes of Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes and Maddison all started on the bench, Rodgers will surely be satisfied by the relentless approach his team employed.

Rodgers' side have now won six of their last seven matches in all competitions and Gray, Tielemans and Hamza Choudhury set the tone for a performance that was brimming with energy and drive.

Gray initiated both of his side's first-half goals with incisive first-time passing that carved open the hosts down either flank.

And Tielemans again demonstrated his value as an attacking force - the 22-year-old having now provided more assists than any other Foxes player since his debut in February.

Those contributions played a significant role in the three-time winners of the competition progressing to the last eight stage for the third successive season.

Burton manager Nigel Clough: "They had chances all through the game with the quality they have. We think their starting 11 was worth £100m so it's very difficult when you have that quality against you and you give them a goal in the first few minutes.

"I thought we gave them a game, especially in the second half. We had situations all throughout the game. We couldn't quite finish ours, we got a goal back and made it interesting for 30 minutes or so."

Leicester City assistant manager Chris Davies: "You saw the strength of the squad tonight and the performance was good. We did it at Luton in the previous round, we changed it for that game as well.

"We've not done it just to give them a bit of game-time, we've done it because we trust them. We know they've got the quality to deliver the performance and the result for us.

"We're into the quarter-finals again and we'll be looking forward to that game when it comes around. There's a lot of belief at the moment and the confidence is really high."

Line-ups

Burton

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1O'Hara
  • 2Brayford
  • 21O'Toole
  • 6Wallace
  • 15HutchinsonSubstituted forDyerat 45'minutes
  • 4EdwardsSubstituted forSbarraat 88'minutes
  • 7Quinn
  • 8Fraser
  • 17SarkicSubstituted forTempletonat 88'minutes
  • 27Boyce
  • 9Broadhead

Substitutes

  • 3Daniel
  • 5Buxton
  • 11Templeton
  • 14Sbarra
  • 19Anderson
  • 23Dyer
  • 24Garratt

Leicester

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 12Ward
  • 2Justin
  • 5Morgan
  • 6Evans
  • 28Fuchs
  • 20ChoudhurySubstituted forNdidiat 88'minutes
  • 7Gray
  • 26PraetSubstituted forMaddisonat 83'minutes
  • 8Tielemans
  • 11Albrighton
  • 14IheanachoSubstituted forBarnesat 66'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Schmeichel
  • 4Söyüncü
  • 9Vardy
  • 10Maddison
  • 15Barnes
  • 21Ricardo Pereira
  • 25Ndidi
Referee:
Darren England
Attendance:
6,186

Match Stats

Home TeamBurtonAway TeamLeicester
Possession
Home44%
Away56%
Shots
Home14
Away17
Shots on Target
Home4
Away6
Corners
Home5
Away10
Fouls
Home11
Away6

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Burton Albion 1, Leicester City 3.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Burton Albion 1, Leicester City 3.

  3. Post update

    Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by John-Joe O'Toole.

  4. Post update

    James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  5. Post update

    Foul by Scott Fraser (Burton Albion).

  6. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.

  7. Post update

    Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

  8. Goal!

    Goal! Burton Albion 1, Leicester City 3. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray.

  9. Substitution

    Substitution, Burton Albion. Joe Sbarra replaces Ryan Edwards.

  10. Substitution

    Substitution, Burton Albion. David Templeton replaces Oliver Sarkic.

  11. Substitution

    Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Hamza Choudhury.

  12. Post update

    James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Ryan Edwards (Burton Albion).

  14. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Ryan Edwards (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Broadhead.

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.

  16. Post update

    Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lloyd Dyer.

  17. Post update

    Attempt missed. Oliver Sarkic (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Scott Fraser.

  18. Post update

    Attempt missed. Ryan Edwards (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

  19. Substitution

    Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Dennis Praet.

  20. Post update

    Offside, Leicester City. James Justin tries a through ball, but Demarai Gray is caught offside.

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  • Comment posted by Cheesedoff13, at 22:44 29 Oct 2019

    Terrific effort second half from the brewers but for two excellent saves by Danny Ward it could have been a different result. Fair play to Leicester the speed of their counter attacking is awesome, good luck in the next round.
    PS can you loan us a couple of players for our league one promotion tilt?

  • Comment posted by Nick, at 23:15 29 Oct 2019

    You don’t come up the M1 to Burton from Leicester. Muppet reporter needs to pass his Geography GCSE! Any fool knows you take the A511! 😜

  • Comment posted by outonthefloor, at 21:48 29 Oct 2019

    Well played Burton but we'll done to Leicester.

  • Comment posted by 50 shades of blue, at 22:03 29 Oct 2019

    Leicester were probably the worst opposition Burton could've had, after the foxes tore Southampton a new one and considering Burton had a 9-0 thrashing of their own last season by city. That said well done to both, Burton put a good fight.

  • Comment posted by Lancashire Fox, at 21:48 29 Oct 2019

    Is the treble on?!

  • Comment posted by meirion, at 21:48 29 Oct 2019

    The big come down, only 1-3. Counselling all round

  • Comment posted by Oncha, at 02:31 30 Oct 2019

    The quality and hunger in the Leicester team this season can only be seen on the pitch to be appreciated. Leicester quietly poses a real threat to any team in English football at the moment. They're gradually instilling a fear factor all round and with a manager who seems to understand what it takes, teams must now be sacred to play them. Good to see Iheanacho still has his goal scoring magic.

  • Comment posted by Kelvin, at 07:09 30 Oct 2019

    Just wondering how many Leicester fans took the M1 to the game as it goes nowhere near Burton.

  • Comment posted by aids, at 21:49 29 Oct 2019

    Hope City really try for this cup ...

  • Comment posted by Sammee, at 21:55 29 Oct 2019

    Burton did well. Best thing for Brendan Rogers is to see how the fringe players did and where they need coaching to improve decision making.

  • Comment posted by top bloke, at 21:54 29 Oct 2019

    Brendan pretty well unstoppable these days. Will it end in silverware?

  • Comment posted by U17572535, at 22:28 29 Oct 2019

    Seems burton albion are better than Southampton

  • Comment posted by JonnyBoy187, at 07:48 30 Oct 2019

    I'll say it once and I'll say it again, I was wrong about Rodgers so far. I assumed he would jump on the merry-go-round and be sacked off of it.

    He has learned a lot from the days of my club (Liverpool) and from Celtic (tasting actual success (somewhat)).

    Loving this Leicester side with a mixture of young blood and the "old guard" - just great to see from a neutral stance!

  • Comment posted by Saltius, at 05:35 30 Oct 2019

    If you get a top team next you must field your 1st team, go for broke and win this competition.. You can do it

  • Comment posted by U13761310, at 22:51 29 Oct 2019

    Best of luck for season burton

  • Comment posted by ypcress_fyle, at 01:52 30 Oct 2019

    That was a more exciting game than against Southampton. Every game streamed live in the US. Come on Foxes, make Leicester Great Again. Sorry Donald.

  • Comment posted by TheKingOfFM, at 00:12 30 Oct 2019

    Pleased to see us progress to the 2nd round and huge credit to Burton who gave us a really good match especially in the 2nd half. They played some good football and asked a lot of questions. I can see why a number of PL/Champ clubs have lost to them in recent times. O'Hara was also impressive with his reading of the game.

    The atmosphere at the match was also good so credit to both sets of fans

  • Comment posted by CileyMyrus, at 22:22 29 Oct 2019

    17. By responding to his drivel you have just went and supplied him with new masturbation material, well done

  • Comment posted by Ilford82, at 22:17 29 Oct 2019

    Bianca Jackson 5, Leicester have won the League Cup in its different manifestations and names 3 times. They also won the Charity Shield in 1971 (Long story how that came about ) . So it's not correct to say that the only trophy in their cupboard is the Premier League. And I feel certain that City will win something else this season.

  • Comment posted by N Eddie, at 21:57 29 Oct 2019

    Brenda promised to take the cups seriously. Hope he keeps his word. Puel wasted the cups last season.
    Love to win a cup again... Been too long

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