Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Europa League match between Leicester City and Braga from the King Power Stadium! The Foxes have made a fantastic start to the season, sitting in 2nd place in the Premier League table behind the defending champions Liverpool and are joint on points with tonight's opponents in Europa League Group G, with both teams having won their opening two matches against AEK Athens and Zorya. Braga are also enjoying a strong start to their league season, with the Portuguese side currently 3rd in the Primeira Liga behind the giants that are Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 20:00.
Europa League / Group Stage
King Power Stadium / 05.11.2020
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- K. Iheanacho(22', 49')
- D. Praet(68')
- J. Maddison(79')
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Updated 05/11/2020 at 22:04 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
90'
FULL-TIME: A truly marvellous performance from this second-string Leicester City side saw them run Braga ragged. The Portuguese side offered extremely little despite their 8 shots on goal, but take nothing away from Leicester's win. Rodgers would have been pleased to see his team excel as well as relieved that no more of his players have joined their injury list.
90'
Cynical challenge from Carmo as he hacks down Perez while Leicester counter. He will go into the referee's book and also miss the next match.
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Yellow card
D. Carmo
SC Braga
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81'
OFF THE POST!! Maddison takes the corner and Perez flicks it goalwards, with a deflection off Moura helping it onto the post and out for another corner.
This game has had so many deflections. Braga haven't played well at all but they must surely still be cursing their luck.
78'
GOOOAAAALLLL!!! Maddison's brilliant performance tonight is finally rewarded with a goal as Leicester make it 4. He slots the ball home after a bit of luck with a deflection.
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Goal
J. Maddison
Leicester City
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72'
The Foxes' 4th change of the night denies Iheanacho a chance to score a hattrick as Ayoze Perez replaces him on the field.
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A. Pérez
Leicester City
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K. Iheanacho
Leicester City
72'
Leicester now make a couple changes of their own. Harvey Barnes is on for Tielemans for starters.
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H. Barnes
Leicester City
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Y. Tielemans
Leicester City
72'
Portugal Under-20 international Francisco Moura replaces Galeno in the front three.
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F. Moura
SC Braga
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W. Galeno
SC Braga
72'
Al-Musrati comes off for Andre Castro in midfield. Been a quiet night for the Libyan.
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A. Castro
SC Braga
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A. Al Musrati
SC Braga
71'
Paulinho departs the pitch in favour of Nicolas Gaitan. He was once considered one of the best young talents in world football while at Benfica. When he eventually got a move to Atletico Madrid it never really worked out and it's been downhill ever since for the 32 year-old.
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N. Gaitán
SC Braga
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Paulinho
SC Braga
69'
OUCH! That one must have hurt. Iheanacho will be counting his blessings that there is no VAR tonight because that challenge is perhaps worthy of a sending off.
67'
GOOOOAAAAALLL!!! Praet turns super-sub and likely kills off the game! Tielemans lets Iheanacho loose with a defence-splitting ball into the box and he plays an early pass across goal into the path of Praet, who fires home emphatically.
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Goal
D. Praet
Leicester City
63'
Nürnberg loanee Iuri Medeiros comes on in place of Andre Horta in midfield.
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I. Medeiros
SC Braga
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A. Horta
SC Braga
62'
Ruiz has struggled to impact the game for Braga and Brazilian striker Guilherme Schettine takes to the pitch to try and address that.
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Guilherme
SC Braga
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A. Ruiz
SC Braga
61'
The second of Leicester's first two changes sees Dennis Praet come on in place of Under, who has had a fairly good game for Leicester tonight.
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D. Praet
Leicester City
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C. Ünder
Leicester City
61'
Leicester making their first two substitutions now. Veteran centre-back Wes Morgan coming on for Albrighton, who has been relentless at right wing-back tonight, is the first change. Suspect that could mean Justin moves to right wing-back to allow Morgan to slot in at central defence.
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W. Morgan
Leicester City
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M. Albrighton
Leicester City
58'
Electric run from Albrighton down the right. He tries to find Maddison with his cross, who is unable to control it in between two opposition defenders.
57'
Novais takes a free-kick for Braga from a dangerous area and it's headed out for a throw by a Leicester defender.
52'
CLOSE!! Braga show their keenness to get back into the game as Galeno slips it through to Ruiz in the box, who stretches for the ball and pokes it slightly wide.
50'
Under gets set free down the right and passes it across the edge of the box to Iheanacho, who had the opportunity to lay it off to Maddison in acres of space to his left but instead tries to go it alone and shoot amidst a crowded area. Predictably, it is blocked and Maddison is furious.
47'
GOOOOAAAALLL!! It's a second for Iheanacho! He gets the ball from Under, turns and shoots from about 20 yards out. It takes a big deflection off Viana before going past Matheus but it still counts as his goal and his third of the Europa League group stages.
Goal
K. Iheanacho
Leicester City