Nine Changes as Blues Host Leicester in Carabao Cup
Tuesday, 25th Aug 2026 19:07
Town boss Gary O’Neil makes nine changes for this evening’s Carabao Cup second-round tie at home to Leicester City.
Only skipper Dara O’Shea and Marcelino Nunez keep their places from the team which beat Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Christian Walton is in goal with Darnell Furlong at right-back, O’Shea and Cedric Kipre, who was with the Foxes as a youngster, the centre-halves and Abdoul Ouattara at left-back.
Cameron Humphreys partners Nunez in central midfield behind ex-Foxes winger Kasey McAteer, Sindre Walle Egeli and Jack Clarke, with Chuba Akpom the number nine.
Town’s other former Leicester wideman Abdul Fatawu is absent from the squad, but the Blues include youngsters Tudor Mendel and Charlie Compton in the senior squad for a competitive game for the first time.
Leicester hand a debut and the captain’s armband to returning Blues legend Conor Chaplin, while Wes Burns is on the bench alongside one-time Town loan keeper Alex McCarthy.
Overall, the Foxes make seven changes from the team which lost 2-1 at home to Burton Albion at the weekend.
Town: Walton, Furlong, O’Shea (c), Kipre, Ouattara, Nunez, Humphreys, McAteer, Walle Egeli, Clarke, Akpom. Subs: Scherpen, Greaves, Davis, Lukic, Compton, Mendel, Ogbene, Enciso, Maeda.
Leicester City: Stolarczyk, Coulibaly, Aluko, Thomas, McFarlane, Braybrooke, Howell, Page, Chaplin (c), Watson, Bristric. Subs: McCarthy, Joseph, Souttar, Neale, Carr, Burns, Alves, Cullen, De Cordova-Reid. Referee: Lewis Smith (Lancashire).
Photo: Matchday Images
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