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Foxes Back To Winning Ways With Robins Success

We ended our wait for a Sky Bet Championship victory on Tuesday night, climbing out of the bottom three in the process, with a gutsy 2-0 home success over Bristol City.

2026-03-10T21:51+00:00

by Sam Stevens

Published

10 Mar, 2026

from King Power Stadium

Foxes Back To Winning Ways With Robins Success

We ended our wait for a Sky Bet Championship victory on Tuesday night, climbing out of the bottom three in the process, with a gutsy 2-0 home success over Bristol City.

Sam Stevens

2026-03-10T21:51+00:00

Foxes Back To Winning Ways With Robins Success

We ended our wait for a Sky Bet Championship victory on Tuesday night, climbing out of the bottom three in the process, with a gutsy 2-0 home success over Bristol City.

Sam Stevens

2026-03-10T21:51+00:00

Foxes Back To Winning Ways With Robins Success

We ended our wait for a Sky Bet Championship victory on Tuesday night, climbing out of the bottom three in the process, with a gutsy 2-0 home success over Bristol City.

Sam Stevens

2026-03-10T21:51+00:00

Foxes Back To Winning Ways With Robins Success

We ended our wait for a Sky Bet Championship victory on Tuesday night, climbing out of the bottom three in the process, with a gutsy 2-0 home success over Bristol City.

Sam Stevens

2026-03-10T21:51+00:00

First-half goals from Ben Nelson and Abdul Fatawu were enough to secure Gary Rowett’s first win as Leicester City Manager, helped by Jakub Stolarczyk’s penalty save to deny Emil Riis after the break.

It’s a morale-boosting triumph for the Foxes, previously without a league win since early January, and enough to create a two-point cushion over the relegation zone, albeit having played a game more than others.

This now presents an opportunity to build some real momentum, as injured players begin to return to contention, with a second home game of the week next up, as Queens Park Rangers visit on Saturday.

Nelson gets us started

Buoyed by aspects of the performance at promotion chasing Ipswich Town at the weekend – a creditable 1-1 draw – we were back on home turf for the visit of Gerhard Struber’s Robins.

There were perhaps some nerves early on, with Stolarczyk needing to tip Sam Morsy’s deflected drive over his crossbar inside three minutes. Neto Borges also nodded over early doors, as Bristol City looked to address a concerning slide in their own form, which has seen distance to the play-offs grow over recent weeks.

Leicester, though, quickly began to take control of this contest in LE2. Stephy Mavididi’s curler required a solid stop from visiting goalkeeper Radek Vítek before the breakthrough. Jordan James, making his first City start since 20 January, laid it up, whipping a free-kick in for Nelson to nod it past Vítek at the far post. That was the Academy graduate's first goal of this season and it could hardly have come at a more crucial moment.

Fatawu doubles the lead

Our Ghanaian No.7 was a menace throughout a chilly evening. Having celebrated his birthday on Sunday, there was a spring in Fatawu’s step all night on Filbert Way. Midway through the first half, he darted down the flank, fizzing it over to the other side for Mavididi to hit the post with a considered strike from inside the area.

Mavididi then returned the favour just before the half-hour mark, fizzing the ball through the area. It looped up in the box, off Bobby De Cordova-Reid, and presented the perfect opportunity for Fatawu to plant his foot through the ball. We all know he can provide the extraordinary and he didn't disappoint on this occasion.

Vítek did get a palm onto it, but such was the power of the strike, it still found the back of the net. He continued to cause havoc down the right channel in the second half too, at one point nearly forcing Jason Knight into an own goal, later also blasting narrowly wide, before dancing past Cameron Pring and almost teeing up Caleb Okoli.

Stolarczyk steps up

Just after the hour, Bristol City were offered a route back when the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Nelson had bundled Emil Riis to the deck after Tomi Horvat’s through ball. Those nerves returned, but soon fizzled away again.

After waiting so long for a clean sheet, all eyes were on Stolarczyk, with the Pole diving the right way – down to his left – and getting his body behind the ball to make a decisive stop. The celebrations nearly rivalled a goal as the pendulum swung again into our favour and gave us the kick we needed to seal the three points.

There needed to be some valiant defending at times, but we ended the game on the ball, in control of proceedings, showing signs of development and progress from recent months. Now out of the bottom three and looking upwards, this is a chance to build some steam as we tackle the final nine games together.

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