FA Cup: Ndidi in action as Leicester advance; Wolves, Man Utd to replay


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FA Cup: Ndidi in action as Leicester advance; Wolves, Man Utd to replay

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Super Eagles duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho started from the bench for Leicester City in their FA Cup third round victory over Wigan Athletic on Saturday.

While Iheanacho was not used in the game, Ndidi was brought on as a 77th-minute substitute as he helped his side maintain their 2-0 lead to the end.

The Foxes advanced to the fourth round of the competition by defeating the Championship side, with a Tom Pearce own goal followed by Harvey Barnes’ doubler.

The English FA Cup full results


Birmingham City 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers Bristol City 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Burnley 4 - 2 Peterborough United
Millwall 3 - 0 Newport County
Rochdale 1 - 1 Newcastle United

Rotherham United 2 - 3 Hull City

Brentford 1 - 0 Stoke City
Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Cardiff City 2 - 2 Carlisle United
Fulham 2 - 1 Aston Villa

Oxford United 4 - 1 Hartlepool United FT Preston

North End 2 - 4 Norwich City
Reading 2 - 2 Blackpool
Southampton 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Watford 3 - 3 Tranmere Rovers

AFC Bournemouth 4 - 0 Luton Town

Fleetwood Town 1 - 2 Portsmouth
Leicester City 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Manchester City 4 - 1 Port Vale
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 0 Manchester United

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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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