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Ipswich
Carabao Cup
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3 - 1
Full time
Leicester
Ipswich vs Leicester: match report
Ipswich Town hosted Leicester City at Portman Road on Tuesday 25 August 2026, in the Carabao Cup (round 2). Lewis Smith is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.
Result and scorers
Ipswich 3-1 Leicester. Goals: Sindre Walle Egeli 62' for Ipswich; Olabade Aluko 67' for Leicester; Marcelino Núñez 71' for Ipswich; Marcelino Núñez 90'+1' for Ipswich. Attendance: 21,559.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 40' Yellow card: Olabade Aluko (Leicester)
- 49' Yellow card: Cameron Humphreys (Ipswich)
- 54' Yellow card: Jack Clarke (Ipswich)
- 62' Goal: Sindre Walle Egeli (Ipswich) 1-0
- 65' Yellow card: Cedric Kipre (Ipswich)
- 67' Goal: Olabade Aluko (Leicester) 1-1
- 70' Yellow card: Louis Page (Leicester)
- 71' Goal: Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich) 2-1
- 90'+1' Goal: Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich) 3-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 42.7% | Possession | 57.3% |
| 15 | Shots | 22 |
| 9 | Shots on target | 9 |
| 5 | Corners | 3 |
| 11 | Fouls | 13 |
| 11 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Saves | 6 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Ipswich 4-2-3-1
Coach: Gary O'Neil
- 28 Christian Walton GK
- 2 Darnell Furlong DEF
- 26 Dara O'Shea DEF
- 4 Cédric Kipré DEF
- 42 Abdoul Ouattara DEF
- 30 Cameron Humphreys MID
- 8 Sindre Walle Egeli FWD
- 20 Kasey McAteer FWD
- 32 Marcelino Núñez MID
- 47 Jack Clarke FWD
- 29 Chuba Akpom FWD
Bench
- 3 Leif Davis DEF
- 43 Tudor Mendel-Idowu FWD
- 38 Daizen Maeda FWD
- 40 Charlie Compton MID
- 37 Kjell Scherpen GK
- 24 Jacob Greaves DEF
- 21 Chiedozie Ogbene MID
- 10 Julio Enciso MID
- 23 Saša Lukić MID
Leicester 4-1-4-1
Coach: Russell Martin
- 1 Jakub Stolarczyk GK
- 26 Woyo Coulibaly DEF
- 32 Olabade Aluko DEF
- 33 Luke Thomas DEF
- 18 Christian McFarlane DEF
- 8 Conor Chaplin MID
- 20 Harry Howell FWD
- 36 Sammy Braybrooke MID
- 25 Louis Page MID
- 23 Tom Watson FWD
- 9 Admir Bristrić FWD
Bench
- 14 Bobby Reid MID
- 11 Liam Cullen MID
- 2 Jayden Joseph MID
- 7 Wes Burns FWD
- 37 Will Alves MID
- 29 Alex McCarthy GK
- 15 Harry Souttar DEF
- 50 Tommy Neale MID
- 60 Riley Carr FWD
Previous meetings
- Saturday 7 March 2026: Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City
- Saturday 13 December 2025: Leicester City 3-1 Ipswich Town
- Sunday 18 May 2025: Leicester City 2-0 Ipswich Town
- Saturday 2 November 2024: Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City
- Monday 22 January 2024: Leicester City 1-1 Ipswich Town