And, while Hull were unable to create a comparable threat until Mo Diame wastefully shot over the bar four minutes from the interval, they remained in charge against their Premier League opponents.
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Make sure that you follow all the live action from the KC Stadium in live streaming as Hull City welcome Leicester City in a Capital One Cup clash today at 19:45 BST.
They are second in the Championship.
He took Chelsea to the FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium, losing to Arsenal in 2002, but has never managed at Wembley as the stadium was being rebuilt during his last spell in England. We made eight changes and we’ve beat a Premier League team which is terrific. They played twice (once in a replay) in the 1973/74 season and in the first round in 2002/03, with Leicester victorious 4-2 against a fourth tier Hull side. A clear weakness for the side under Nigel Pearson last term, the “Tinkerman” identified on the club’s official site that he would not be “chang[ing] too much” tactically from last season, while gradually working on the team’s poor defensive record.
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew will have March 19 marked in his diary after Saturday’s controversial 1-0 defeat at Leicester City.
TALKING POINTSVardy joined the likes of Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Ruud van Nistelrooy as one of only seven players in history to have scored is seven consecutive Premier League matches.
It is Champions League form that Leicester have been showing.
Hull are without Alex Bruce (groin) and Sone Aluko (ribs) following injuries over the weekend, while Curtis Davies is out for several more weeks with a calf problem.
For Leicester, Ranieri has confirmed that he will make a number of changes.
Gokhan Inler, Shinji Okazaki, Andrej Kramaric and Mark Schwarzer may start.
After a rather uninspiring first 90 minutes, the game came alive in extra time.
The Tigers have not beaten Tuesday’s opponents in their last five attempts but manager Steve Bruce is confident of halting that run. Goals from Matty Fryatt and Robert Koren gave them a 2-1 win in the Championship on that occasion.
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Both these sides come into this match in fine form in their respective leagues. Hull will fancy that they have a chance against a weakened Leicester side, but the Foxes should still have enough quality to emerge from this tie.
