leciester city were the opponents in the third round. cardiff playing at their home ground the cardiff city stadium took the lead in the 32nd minute when cowie scored. leicester equalised seven minutes later when steve howard scored from close range. leicester then took the lead in the 65th minute courtesy of a lloyd dyer goal. cardiff equalised when rudy gestede with nine minutes of the match remaining. the score remained 2–2 until full-time and throughout extra-time, which mean the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. cardiff won the shoot-out 7–6 to progress to the fourth round.