Leicester cruise past Saints into quarter-finals

Premier League Cup

Leicester City put four goals past Southampton to book a place in PL Cup last eight

Leicester City progressed to the quarter-finals of the Premier League Cup with a convincing 4-0 win over Southampton at Staplewood Campus.

The Foxes took the lead on 11 minutes when Connor Wood crossed for striker Josh Gordon to head beyond Kingsley Latham.

The visitors doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time, Sam Hughes nodding in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's delivery.

Dewsbury-Hall's 59th-minute strike made it 3-0 and, in stoppage time, Leicester completed the scoring when George Thomas tucked in the fourth.

See: Southampton report | Leicester report

Next fixtures

Southampton: 20 Mar v Blackburn (A) PL2
Leicester: 15 Apr v Sunderland (A) PL2