Leicester City 2-4 Burton Albion: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 28 August 2012

Result

Leicester City 2-4 Burton Albion

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 28 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leicester City 2-4 Burton Albion: match report

Leicester City lost to Burton Albion 2-4 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 28 August 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Chris Palmer opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Anthony Knockaert (60') and M. Futács (87'). Burton Albion scored through Chris Palmer (20'), C. Taylor (53'), R. Weir (64', penalty) and Jacques Maghoma (68').

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Chris PalmerBurton Albion · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · C. TaylorBurton Albion · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Anthony KnockaertLeicester City · 1-2
  • 64'Penalty goal · R. WeirBurton Albion · 1-3
  • 68'Goal · Jacques MaghomaBurton Albion · 1-4
  • 72'Yellow card · Lee BellBurton Albion
  • 87'Goal · M. FutácsLeicester City · 2-4

Team news

Leicester City line-up

Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Zak Whitbread, Neil Danns, Matty James, Paul Gallagher, Jeffrey Schlupp, Martyn Waghorn, Anthony Knockaert, Sean St. Ledger

Burton Albion line-up

Ross Atkins, Zander Diamond, Damien McCrory, Anthony O'Connor, Marcus Holness, Cleveland Taylor, Robbie Weir, Chris Palmer, Jacques Maghoma, Calvin Makongo Zola, Lee Bell