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Jordan Ayew opened his Leicester City account with a fabulous first-half strike Leicester City delivered a dominant performance to beat League Two Tranmere Rovers and reach the third round of the Carabao Cup. Jordan Ayew - making his first start for the Premier League side - broke Rovers’ resistance late in the first half, cutting on to his right foot on the edge of the box before thumping a fierce effort past 43-year-old goalkeeper Joe Murphy. The hosts doubled their lead five minutes into the second half, Stephy Mavididi finding the bottom corner from the penalty spot after Connor Jennings had fouled Ricardo Pereira inside the area. Wilfred Ndidi added a third when he poked the ball past Murphy at the end of a slick move involving Ayew and Harry Winks, before Winks completed the scoring with a low drive. Murphy, who featured in Tranmere’s 2-1 League Cup final defeat by Leicester in 2000, was kept busy prior to Ayew’s opener, palming away the Ghanaian's long-range drive before denying Oliver Skipp in a one-on-one. The lively Ndidi also dragged a low shot narrowly wide of the far post in a one-sided first period at King Power Stadium. Mavididi’s penalty all but ended Tranmere’s hopes of an unlikely turnaround, but Leicester continued to pile forward and increased their lead when Ndidi got the goal his performance deserved. Cameron Norman came closest to a consolation for the visitors, dragging a low shot wide of Danny Ward's goal in the final 10 minutes. Kristian Dennis also sent a powerful shot off target as Nigel Adkins' team finished strongly, but Winks had the final say. A minute's applause was held before the game in memory of former England and Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who passed away on Monday. Reaction to Tuesday's EFL Cup games After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Steve Cooper Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Nigel Adkins Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 League Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Match ends, Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0. Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0. Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi. Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull. Foul by Chris Popov (Leicester City). Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal! Leicester City 4, Tranmere Rovers 0. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury following a corner. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Connor Wood. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jordan Turnbull. Attempt missed. Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cameron Norman with a headed pass. Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury. Substitution, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu replaces Kasey Mc Ateer. Attempt missed. Cameron Norman (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Attempt saved. Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira. Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luke Thomas. Attempt missed. Chris Popov (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Kristian Dennis. Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Josh Williams replaces Lee O'Connor. Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Sol Solomon replaces Omari Patrick. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.