79 min: Fullkrug comes on for Kudus.

77 min: De Cordova-Reid chips a pass down the inside-right channel. Daka, hopeful of rounding Fabianski on the right, takes a heavy touch that allows the keeper to smother. “My wife gave birth to my son this afternoon at Leicester Royal Infirmary,” announces Peter Flood. Congratulations to you all! “I can hear the King Power from the ward. It’s quite surreal. When Vardy scored I thought there was something wrong with the air conditioning. Does this mean I need to call him Jamie?” In the interests of clarity, Peter sent this email before Leicester scored their second. Bilal may also be now on the table.

76 min: Alvarez lunges at an in-flight Daka and goes into the book for his cynicism.

74 min: Leicester make another double change, replacing McAteer and El Khannouss with Mavididi and De Cordova-Reid.

72 min: McAteer is again sent scampering down the inside-left channel. He’s got Daka in the middle, but opts to shoot himself. In aiming for the top left, he slices horribly wide.

70 min: Kudus wins a corner down the right. Bowen swings it into the mixer. Too long. Ndidi should let it sail out for a goal kick, but carelessly heads behind. Fortunately West Ham do nothing with their free gift, Mavropanos flicking on, Antonio clanking a header high and wide.

68 min: Bowen enters the box down the right and reaches the edge of the six-yard box. He could shoot, but instead crosses for Summerville, who slides in and forces the ball past Hermansen … but not Coady, who manages to flick the ball off the line just before it fully crosses. West Ham have done everything but score.

67 min: El Khannouss turns provider, crossing viciously from the right. Ndidi meets it, six yards out, but his half-headed, half-shouldered effort is straight at Fabianski, who tips over. Nothing comes of the corner. Inches either side of the keeper, and that was 3-0.

65 min: Emerson tries to barge his way past Justin down the left. He enters the box and falls over, claiming a penalty, but there’s not enough in it.

63 min: That’s a huge goal, not only coming against the run of play, but also seconds after Hermansen got away with some outrageously poor goalkeeping. West Ham respond with a triple change, sending on Paqueta, Emerson and Antonio for Soler, Soucek and Coufal.

GOAL! Leicester 2-0 West Ham (El Khannouss 61)

60 min: The first substitution of the Ruud van Nistelrooy era, and it’s a double. Faes and Daka come on for Vestergaard and Vardy.

59 min: Nope, it’s no goal. There was minimal contact between Hermansen and Soucek, but keepers always get the benefit. Lucky, lucky Hermansen.

58 min: Coufal sends a long throw into the Leicester mixer from the right. Soucek goes up at the far post. Hermansen attempts the clearing punch, but flaps, and the ball squirts backwards off him and into the net! But the referee generously blows his whistle. VAR will double-check, though.

57 min: West Ham keep the pressure on. Space and time for Soler, just to the right of the D. Soler sizes things up and has a whack. The ball pings off Kristiansen and over the bar. Hermansen claims the resulting corner.

55 min: One corner leads to another. The second leads to nothing.

54 min: Kudus cuts infield from the right and shoots. The ball takes a vicious deflection off Vestergaard and loops towards the top-left corner. Hermansen is forced to tip over while backpedaling furiously. That’s a great save.

52 min: Bowen takes down a long ball on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box. He feeds Kudus on the overlap; Kudus cuts back for Soucek, who skies a first-time shot. This second half barrelling along at the same entertaining rate as the first.

51 min: Kudus crosses low from the right. Ndidi kicks the ball up onto his own arm, but there’s no penalty. Leicester counter through Vardy down the left. Now it’s his turn to play a poor ball infield, McAteer waiting in vain for the delivery.

50 min: Crystal Palace have won 1-0 at Ipswich Town. Jean-Philippe Mateta’s goal on the hour the difference. Meanwhile back at the King Power, Coufal’s poor clearing header falls to Vardy, six yards out. Vardy’s instant header sails wide right.

49 min: Alvarez, quarterbacking in the pocket, wedges a delightful ball down the middle and into the box for Kudus, who meets the dropping ball by steering a header weakly wide left. No real loss, given the flag pops up correctly for offside.

47 min: Soler plays a loose ball across the face of his own box. McAteer nips away with it, down the left, but can’t find Vardy in the centre. McAteer’s final ball has been poor so far. Had he been on his game tonight, Vardy may already be celebrating a hat-trick.

Leicester get the second half underway. West Ham had 20 shots in the first half, Leicester just three. But Jamie Vardy’s made the difference at the sharp end. With this in mind – and Danny Ings having been carrying an injury – West Ham send on Crysencio Summerville.

Half-time entertainment.

HALF TIME: Leicester City 1-0 West Ham United

45 min +4: Buonanotte has the chance to send McAteer free down the inside-right channel, but his attempt to thread a ball between Mavropanos and Kilman goes wrong. West Ham go up the other end, and Hermansen flaps at a high ball, but Alvarez isn’t able to take advantage, the box too crowded to get a shot away. And that’s that for the opening period.

45 min +2: Coufal takes a heavy touch and lunges after the ball. He clips Vardy, and goes into the book. The challenge was a little high, but not egregiously so.

45 min: There will be four additional first-half minutes.

44 min: A brief stoppage because Soucek and Justin clashed heads back there. Vaseline is applied, and both players are back up and running.

43 min: Mavropanos strides down the right and floats a diagonal cross towards Soucek, who flaps a header over from ten yards.

41 min: Vardy, ambling down the left, shows the ball to Mavropanos before turning on the jets, leaving the defender behind and reaching the byline. He stands up a cross that nobody in blue reacts to. Had either McAteer or Buonanotte kept up with play, they’d have had a tap-in.

39 min: A goal in tonight’s other match. Jean-Philippe Mateta has given Crystal Palace the lead on the hour at Ipswich.

37 min: Vardy attempts to nick the ball away from Mavropanos, as the West Ham defender ushers it out for a throw. Vardy takes the man instead, and goes into the book. No malice, just bad timing.

36 min: … Soler lashes wide left from the edge of the box. Had that been on target, Hermansen, rooted to the spot, wasn’t getting there. West Ham must be wondering how they’ve still not scored.