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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Walkers Stadium
  • Attendance: 21347
  • Referee: Hill, K

Live Commentary

90mins

Elvis Hammond is replaced by Chris O'Grady.

79mins

The referee has booked Alexander Ostlund.

76mins

Bradley Wright-Phillips is replaced by David McGoldrick.

73mins

Jermaine Wright is being taken off, Mario Licka has come on in his place.

72mins

Josh Low is replaced by Stephen Hughes.

65mins

Goal!! Richard Stearman scores for Leicester.

64mins

Goal!! Inigo Idiakez scores for Southampton.

62mins

Goal!! Leicester have scored with Iain Hume putting it in the back of the net.

59mins

Darren Kenton is being taken off, Richard Stearman has come on in his place.

49mins

Rudi Skacel is replaced by Andrew Surman.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by K Hill

45mins

Goal!! John Viafara scores for Southampton.

43mins

The referee has booked Claus Lundekvam.

35mins

Goal!! Iain Hume scores for Leicester.

30mins

Danny Tiatto is booked for unsporting behaviour.

14mins

Andy Johnson goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

6mins

John Viafara goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, October 14th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

A spectacular brace by Iain Hume saw Leicester City emerge from their recent doldrums in a thrilling encounter at the Walkers Stadium.

It was Leicester's first win in the league in six attempts and no-one had a brighter smile afterwards than Hume who lit up the game with two fantastic goals.

The opening exchanges had been fairly even until City broke the deadlock on 35 minutes with a cracking goal from livewire Hume.

There seemed little danger when the former Tranmere hitman received the ball well clear of the Southampton goal.

But a quick turn and drop of the shoulder took him clear of two defenders to create for himself the space to beat Kelvin Davis with a wonderfully struck shot from 25 yards.

And the Foxes were quick to scent a second goal with first Elvis Hammond sidefooting a Josh Low cross just wide and then Davis getting down well to keep out a Nils-Eric Johansson header.

But, as the interval approached, gaps suddenly began to appear in City's previously well-drilled rearguard with Bradley Wright-Phillips firing over from close range, before Saints levelled in time added on when John Viafara ran on to a splendid pass from Grzegorz Rasiak to guide the ball beyond the advancing Conrad Logan.

Southampton's fluent football continued after the break and they should have gone in front on 51 minutes when Wright-Phillips against found himself in the clear, but this time Logan sprinted off his line to dive bravely at the feet of the Saints striker.

But it was Leicester who regained the lead with another memorable strike by Hume on 62 minutes.

Claus Lundekvam and Hammond went up for a challenge and, when the loose ball fell to Hume, he hit a first-time volley to beat Davis from fully 25 yards.

It took just a minute for Southampton to level again, this time Inigo Idiakez drilling a low shot beyond Logan from well outside the penalty area.

But City conjured up a third goal in as many minutes when Johansson's shot struck the bar with substitute Richard Stearman reacting quickest to bundle the ball home from close range.

Both sides had chances to add to their goal tally, but it was Leicester who hung on for a win they just about deserved.

Leicester City Team

Southampton Team

Leicester City

Southampton

Corners

57

Fouls

1111

Goal attempts

79

Shots off target

35

Offsides

55

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