Randers 1-3 Leicester (2-7 agg): James Maddison scores twice and Harvey Barnes claims other for Foxes

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By Shamoon HafezBBC Sport

Last updated on 9 minutes ago.From the section European Football

James Maddison scored two beauties as Leicester made light work of Danish side Randers with a 7-2 rout on aggregate to reach the last 16 of the Europa Conference League.

Brendan Rodgers' men came into this knockout stage play-off round after finishing third in their Europa League group, but navigated the tie with few issues.

Holding a 4-1 lead from the first leg, it took Leicester just 100 seconds to extend their advantage as Harvey Barnes broke clear and curled a delightful finish into the far corner.

The England international could have added another in the second half but fired wide from an acute angle.

Compatriot Maddison then netted twice in the space of four minutes with a free-kick into the top corner and a sumptuous curling strike from 25 yards.

Randers did pull a goal back late on when Kasper Schmeichel's heavy touch on the ball allowed Stephen Odey to nip in and convert a gift from close range.

The draw for the Europa Conference League takes place on Friday when the Foxes will be picked out of the pot against a group winner.

Who could Leicester be drawn against?

AZ Alkmaar (Ned), Basel (Swi), Copenhagen (Den), Feyenoord (Ned), Gent (Bel), LASK (Aut), Rennes (Fra), Roma (Ita).

More to follow.

Line-ups

Randers FC

Formation 4-4-2

1Carlgren
7KallesøeSubstituted forBundgaardat 61'minutes
8PiesingerBooked at 67mins
2GravesSubstituted forAnderssonat 61'minutes
15Kopplin
9AnkersenSubstituted forTibblingat 76'minutes
6Johnsen
14LauenborgSubstituted forBundgaardat 68'minutes
10Kehinde
90Odey
20Hammershøy-MistratiSubstituted forKlysnerat 77'minutes

Substitutes

3Andersson
5Andersson
12Tibbling
16Enggård
17Lauridsen
18Klysner
19Bundgaard
22Nybo
25Dakir
39Jensen
40Bundgaard
44Brock-Madsen

Leicester

Formation 4-3-3

1Schmeichel
11AlbrightonSubstituted forChoudhuryat 60'minutes
18Amartey
23Vestergaard
33Thomas
8TielemansSubstituted forSoumaréat 60'minutes
25NdidiBooked at 87mins
10Maddison
37Lookman
14Iheanacho
7BarnesSubstituted forPérezat 60'minutes

Substitutes

4Söyüncü
12Ward
17Pérez
20Choudhury
22Dewsbury-Hall
29Daka
35Jakupovic
42Soumaré

Live Text

Match ends, Randers FC 1, Leicester City 3.
Second Half ends, Randers FC 1, Leicester City 3.
Corner, Randers FC. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
Tosin Kehinde (Randers FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Tobias Klysner (Randers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break.
Goal! Randers FC 1, Leicester City 3. Stephen Odey (Randers FC) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Tosin Kehinde (Randers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Simon Piesinger.
Foul by Ademola Lookman (Leicester City).
Björn Kopplin (Randers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Simon Tibbling (Randers FC).
James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lasse Johnsen (Randers FC).
Attempt missed. Lasse Johnsen (Randers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Stephen Odey (Randers FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Randers FC. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Odey (Randers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Filip Bundgaard (Randers FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Odey.