FA Cup wrap: Leeds ease through, Leicester toil at Walsall

Leeds avoided another FA Cup upset by winning 3-1 at Accrington Stanley to reach the fifth round for just the fourth time in 20 years.

Jack Harrison's stunning strike gave the Premier League side an interval lead and two goals in as many second-half minutes from Junior Firpo and Luis Sinisterra killed the tie.

But it was not all plain sailing for Jesse Marsch's side and Sky Bet League One side Accrington deservedly pulled one back through teenage substitute Leslie Adekoya's first senior goal.

But Leeds, dumped out of the cup by the likes of Hereford, Histon, Rochdale, Sutton, Newport and Crawley in recent years, had too much quality for their hosts and reached the last 16 for the first time in seven years.

Kelechi Iheanacho was Leicester's saviour again as the Foxes squeezed past Walsall.

The substitute's deflected strike clinched a 1-0 win to send the visitors into the fifth round and spare Youri Tielemans' blushes.

The skipper missed a second-half penalty before Iheanacho ended the Saddlers' stubborn resistance.

Iheanacho, who also scored the winner in the 1-0 third-round victory at Gillingham, now has 17 goals in 23 FA Cup appearances.

It was a slog for Leicester with Walsall edging the first half but Michael Flynn's men never seriously tested Daniel Iversen.

The League Two side can still be proud of their efforts even if Flynn was unable to add another upset to the list.