Patson Daka scored his first FA Cup goal to help Leicester City ease past League Two side Cheltenham Town and into the fourth round.

The Zambia striker joined the Foxes after the club won the competition in 2021, and it has taken him eight appearances across five campaigns to open his account in the cup.

He found the bottom corner for Leicester's opener against the fourth-tier Robins before Stephy Mavididi made it two with a fine solo effort just before the break.

A chipped attempt from Jordan Thomas demanded the intervention of Foxes goalkeeper Asmir Begovic early in the second half but the Championship club kept control to see out a comfortable win against a side 54 places below them in the English football pyramid.

The Foxes made eight changes for the trip to Gloucestershire, but such is the profile of talent available at Leicester that it meant recalling hugely experienced former Chelsea, Bournemouth and Stoke goalkeeper Begovic, Denmark international Jannik Vestergaard and Daka, who spearheaded Zambia's attack at the Africa Cup of Nations in December.

With the tie's first shot on target, it was Daka who gave the Foxes the lead with a curled finish after former Juventus and Montpellier forward Mavididi found him on the edge of the box with a clever flicked pass.

While Cheltenham goalkeeper Joe Day did well to keep a Vestergaard header out soon after, Mavididi managed to double the advantage just before the break with a well-placed finish after shimmying into the box from the left touchline.

Cheltenham rarely threatened the highly-fancied visitors, with a header over the bar from Robbie Cundy and two efforts from Thomas that forced Begovic into saves either side of the break being the pick of their chances.

Leicester pushed for a third to complete the win but Day made two vital saves late on, first recovering from an error to deny substitute Jordan Ayew before going on to keep a Oliver Skipp volley out with a diving save.

Cheltenham Town boss Steve Cotterill told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:

"They tried their best, didn't they? Sometimes they [the opposition] have just got polished players, that when it comes to the finer moments they can get out of them and they have answers to them.

"We are disappointed with the goals, and we would have been even if we were playing in our own league. But I'm not disappointed with the effort or team commitment.

"We had to try play our way into the game and then hope when we had those moments - and we did have some good moments today - that one of them went in for us.

"That would have given us another spring in our step, a little bit more belief, because they are a good team with players that were in the Premier League last season."

Leicester City manager Marti Cifuentes told BBC Radio Leicester:

"It was a professional performance. We came here with the target of going through and we managed to do it.

"Credit to Cheltenham because they managed to make it not easy for us. It was important for us to make it back-to-back wins and to go through and keep a clean sheet. They are some positives for us to build on.

"I'm pleased with the guys because we made some changes with players that have been training well and who deserved a opportunity. For them to show up today was important and all of them did a good job.

"The FA Cup is a beautiful competition, a competition that Leicester has a big history in but we would like to go as far as we can this season."