Leicester City climbed out of the Championship relegation places with a 2-0 home win over Bristol City, as first-half goals from Ben Nelson and Abdul Fatawa halted the Foxes' alarming slide. Gary Rowett's side, who had lost four league games in a row at home and had not won in the Championship since 5 January, finally found a way to close out a match, while Gerhard Struber's visitors slipped to a third straight league defeat that leaves their play-off hopes fading fast.
The contest turned on Leicester's ability to take their chances and Bristol City's failure to take theirs. Nelson's thumping header from a Jordan James free-kick and Fatawu's volley, created in unusual fashion after Bobby De Cordova-Reid's acrobatic effort, established a commanding 2-0 first-half lead, before Stolarczyk's excellent save from Riis's second-half spot-kick preserved it on a night when Fatawu repeatedly threatened to extend the margin.
Bristol City's bright start undone by Leicester's set-piece precision
Bristol City began on the front foot, forcing a succession of early corners that immediately tested Leicester's resolve. Sam Morsy and Ross McCrorie both saw efforts deflected behind as the ball dropped loose in the box, and Neto Borges rose to head marginally over, hinting at the visitors' threat from dead balls.