Kick-off: 19:45
Venue: The Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 20296
Referee: Drysdale, D

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

86mins

Albert Jarrett is being taken off, Alexandre Frutos has come on in his place.

83mins

Dion Dublin is booked for dissent.

82mins

Leicester are replacing Stephen Hughes with Elvis Hammond.

75mins

Leicester are replacing Danny Tiatto with Momo Sylla.

60mins

Sebastien Carole is booked for unsporting behaviour.

57mins

Mark De Vries is being taken off, Dion Dublin has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

18mins

Danny Tiatto goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, September 27th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Leicester's poor start to the season continued when they were held to a goalless stalemate to leave them with just two wins from their first 11 games.

It could have been much worse had Brighton's Dean Hammond not being guilty of an early contender for miss of the season.

The opening 20 minutes was a turgid affair with City unable to make any impression upon hard working Brighton.

The crowd had to wait until the 21st minute for the first attempt on goal but Stephen Hughes' rising shot from 25 yards was never going to trouble the keeper.

Danny Tiatto was fortunate not have seen red was his ugly challenge on Charlie Oatway earned him only a verbal warning from the referee with the Australian already shown yellow from an earlier foul.

The first effort on target finally arrived on 35 minutes when a drive from Mark De Vries was gathered by Wayne Henderson at the second attempt.

Iain Humes was then crowded out and when the loose ball fell to Stephen Hughes he fired in a 20-yard drive which flew narrowly wide. Gareth Williams then picked out Humes who cut inside a defender but his mishit shot from 14 yards drifted harmlessly wide.
After the break City continued to press and they went close on 56 minutes when Henderson got down well to block a 15-yard shot from De Vries with the same City player directing the loose ball towards goal but Kerry Mayo had got back to clear off the line.

On 66 minutes the home side were handed a scare when Sebastien Carole bore down on goal before unleashing a 22-yard drive which beat the keeper but fizzed just wide of the far post.

The best chance of the night fell to Brighton on 77 minutes when the unmarked Hammond had the simple task of converting Leon Knight's far-post cross but somehow the midfielder conspired to head wide from just two yards with the goal at his mercy.

Substitute Momo Sylla flashed a shot narrowly wide of the far post with five minutes left, the last chance for City on what was a very frustrating evening.

Leicester City Team

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

Leicester City

Brighton and Hove Albion

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

Shots off target

Offsides