Barmham 2 – 3 Leicester

Leicester regained a three-point lead on the prime of the Championship with a 3-2 win over Birmingham on Monday night.

Stevie Mavididi completed off a lightning counter-attack to offer the Foxes the lead regardless of an excellent begin for Wayne Rooney’s males at St Andrews.

A neat transfer led to Jordan James scoring a fast equaliser, however Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor’s strike and one other from Mavididi had the guests 3-1 up and heading in direction of victory inside the first 5 minutes of the second half.

Out of nowhere, James succeeded in lowering the deficit once more 16 minutes earlier than the top of the match, however the objective didn’t spark the late comeback that the hosts wished, regardless of the introduction of attacking duo Scott Hogan and Lukas Gutkiewicz.

Leicester raised its rating to 55 factors after its fourth consecutive victory, three factors behind Ipswich and 13 factors forward of third-placed Leeds.

How the ruthless Leicester stayed on observe

The truth that each Ipswich and Leeds are enjoying on the weekend has given the Foxes the chance to claim themselves as prime canines as soon as once more.

They needed to climate an early storm, with Mads Hermansen having to make saves from Seriki Dembele and Christian Bilic – and after the latter’s nook, the guests took the lead. Mavididi accomplished probably the most devastating counter-attack, seconds after James Justin tried to clear the ball that hit his personal objective.

However inside 4 minutes, Birmingham scored the equalizer they deserved, as James obtained a intelligent ball from Ivan Sonic and fired throughout the six-yard field into the alternative nook.

The pendulum swung once more quickly after, because the Blues fell right into a counter-attack just like the one they’d fallen behind. Juninho Bacuna misplaced the ball on the sting of the penalty space and Abdel Fattaw handed the ball to Dewsbury Corridor, who confirmed blistering tempo to race vast and discover the empty internet after John Ruddy equalized from his line.

Dewsbury-Corridor and Mavididi then linked up for the latter to increase the lead with 50 minutes on the clock. The latter obtained a ball that drifted down the left facet and shot it into the highest proper nook by way of a deflection off Emmanuel Ayew.

With Leicester losing extra possibilities to shut out the sport, Rooney made a triple substitution in a bid to encourage a comeback and that had at the least some impact, with substitute Koji Miyoshi offering a serving to hand for James to tug one again after an injection of tempo down the best.

He then threw the ball to Hogan and Jutkiewicz to attempt to tie the sport, however it did not occur.

Participant of the match: Stevie Mavididi

Managers

Birmingham Wayne Rooney

Leicester Enzo Maresca

What then?

Each groups return to motion at 3pm on Saturday 23 December.

Birmingham Journey to House Park to tackle the mission Plymouthwhereas Leicester Hosts Rotherham At King Energy Stadium.