Wilkinson opts to shoot with the free-kick, but his effort curls wide, and that will surely be that.
Tielemans brings down Knowles, and Walsall will have one final opportunity to get the ball into the box.
90' +2
Leicester win a couple of corners in succession as the seconds tick away.
90'
There will be four minutes of additional time. Can the hosts force a replay?
87'
A corner is swung into the Leicester box, and it is only headed out to Maher. The substitute shoots, but it bounces off the ground and sits up for Wilkinson to head towards goal, though his effort is tame and gathered by Iversen at the second attempt.
82'
Walsall are starting to put a bit more pressure on Leicester, but the Premier League side are standing up to it well so far.
80'
R. Maher enters the game and replaces R. Willmott.
T. Allen enters the game and replaces J. Maddox.
Willmott is replaced by Maher with 10 minutes of normal time to play.
Allen comes on for Maddox.
74'
D. James-Taylor enters the game and replaces B. Comley.
Comley makes way for James-Taylor as Flynn looks to get his side back into the tie.
71'
Walsall have defended well, but now their resistance has been broken, they will have to go in search of an equaliser and could leave themselves open at the back.
68'
K. Ịheanachọ has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by N. Mendy.
Leicester take the lead!!! Substitute Iheanacho gives Leicester the advantage with a deflected strike. He picks up the ball outside the area, before shifting onto his left foot and letting fly. Unfortunately for Walsall, it takes a nick off one of their defenders and dips over Evans and under the crossbar. The Foxes are 1-0 up!
Mendy fed the ball into Iheanacho, before the striker's deflected effort put Leicester in front.
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65'
Rodgers looks on frustrated as Tielemans sloppily gives the ball away with Leicester in a threatening position.
63'
K. Ịheanachọ enters the game and replaces P. Daka.
D. Praet enters the game and replaces J. Maddison.
V. Kristiansen enters the game and replaces L. Thomas.
Rodgers replaces Thomas with new signing Kristiansen, on for his debut.
Praet is on for Maddison.
Daka comes off for Iheanacho up top for Leicester.
62'
Y. Songo'o enters the game and replaces I. Hutchinson.
C. Wilkinson enters the game and replaces A. Williams.
Williams makes way for Wilkinson.
Songo'o comes on for Hutchinson.
61'
Maddison whips a dangerous free-kick into the Walsall box, but it somehow eludes all of his team-mates as the ball skims away from danger.
55'
Barnes receives the ball in the box, but touch takes him too wide and his shot from a tight angle is saved by Evans.
53'
A couple of Leicester corners are whipped into the box, but the hosts are able to keep them out with some important defensive headers.
50'
Walsall go close with a White header at goal from a long throw, but the flag goes up for offside.
48'
Penalty Miss Youri Marion Tielemans
46'
The hosts get us back underway for the second period.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: WALSALL 0-0 LEICESTER CITY
45'
The fourth official puts up his board and indicates there will be two minutes of additional time at the end of this first half.
39'
Daka goes down for a moment, but he looks like he will be okay to continue.
35'
Maddison does superbly to jink and make space for a shot, but he gets his curler horribly wrong and it goes well over.
34'
Walsall receive a free-kick in a decent crossing position, but Barnes is there to head it away. The ball ends up at the feet of Knowles, but his dipping effort flies well wide of the target.
27'
H. White gets yellow.
White is yellow-carded for bringing down Dewsbury-Hall as Leicester came forward on the counter.
26'
The Saddlers have whipped in a couple of really threatening crosses from down the right, but Leicester's centre-backs have dealt with them well to this point.
24'
The ball sits up nicely for Dewsbury-Hall to fire at goal, but he gets it badly wrong and the ball skims awkwardly off his foot straight into the waiting hands of Evans.
20'
Daka gets his head on a Castagne cross, but the striker's header goes well wide as Daniels did superbly to put him off.
19'
Williams is momentarily down, but it appears he will be okay to continue.
17'
J. Maddison gets yellow.
Maddison is back on his feet and receives a yellow card for dissent.
16'
Maddison is down and looks in pain as he clutches at his knee having been brought down in midfield.
13'
Tielemans sends a shot from 30 yards out well wide of Evans' goal.
12'
Rodgers' men are dominating possession as they probe for a way past this rigid Walsall backline.
10'
Neither side has been able to fashion a real clear-cut chance yet, with the defences largely on top.
5'
Daka receives the ball in the box, but he is quickly crowded out and dispossessed before he can get a shot away at goal.
3'
The hosts have started brightly here as they look to pull off a surprise victory and reach the fifth round.
1'
The visitors kick us off and we are underway.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup fourth-round tie between Walsall and Leicester City at the Bescot Stadium.
The hosts are looking to reach the fifth round of this competition for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign, when they were a second-tier side. Now in League Two, the Saddlers head into this game in great form as they look to pull off the upset, having lost just one of their last 10 league matches to sit just four points off the play-offs.
In stark contrast, the visitors are in a precarious position in the Premier League, just a point above the relegation zone having not won a league game since November. The Foxes lifted the FA Cup for the first and only time in the 2020-21 season, and will be hoping for positive results in this campaign's edition to spur on their fight for survival.
WALSALL (3-4-1-2): Owen Evans; Hayden White, Donervon Daniels, Joe Low; Robbie Willmott, Brandon Comley, Jacob Maddox, Liam Gordon; Isaac Hutchinson; Andy Williams, Tom Knowles.
SUBS: Taylor Allen, Douglas James-Taylor, Ronan Maher, Oisin McEntee, Joe Riley, Jackson Smith, Yann Songo'o, Conor Wilkinson.
LEICESTER CITY (4-3-3): Daniel Iversen; Timothy Castagne, Wout Faes, Daniel Amartey, Luke Thomas; Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall; James Maddison, Patson Daka, Harvey Barnes.
SUBS: Alex Smithies, Caglar Soyuncu, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen, Sammy Braybrooke, Marc Albrighton, Lewis Brunt, Dennis Praet, Kelechi Iheanacho.
The two teams make their way onto the pitch ahead of this cup tie.
Rodgers will be hoping for a much-improved display in the second 45 minutes as his team look to avoid a replay. With Vardy absent from the squad altogether, when will Rodgers look to the likes of Iheanacho and Praet off the bench to provide a cutting edge?
Thanks for joining us for live coverage of Leicester City's 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round victory over Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.
Rodgers' men may be struggling in the league, but getting through to the next round of the FA Cup could provide them with the impetus to kick on and pull away from the drop zone. They will eagerly await the draw for the fifth round, due to be made on Monday. For the Saddlers, they will turn their attentions back to League Two as they look to push for the play-offs in the remainder of the season.
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