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Foxes Relegated To League One After Hull Draw

We have been relegated to Sky Bet League One following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull City at King Power Stadium.

2026-04-21T22:10+01:00

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Foxes Relegated To League One After Hull Draw

We have been relegated to Sky Bet League One following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull City at King Power Stadium.

Admin

2026-04-21T22:10+01:00

Foxes Relegated To League One After Hull Draw

We have been relegated to Sky Bet League One following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull City at King Power Stadium.

Admin

2026-04-21T22:10+01:00

Foxes Relegated To League One After Hull Draw

We have been relegated to Sky Bet League One following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull City at King Power Stadium.

Admin

2026-04-21T22:10+01:00

Foxes Relegated To League One After Hull Draw

We have been relegated to Sky Bet League One following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull City at King Power Stadium.

Admin

2026-04-21T22:10+01:00

Jordan James’ penalty and a Luke Thomas volley, both in the second half, overturned Liam Millar’s early opener for the Tigers, who nevertheless emerged with a point thanks to Oli McBurnie’s leveller. We had chances to win it, notably as Patson Daka hit the woodwork late on, but it wasn’t enough to keep our hopes of survival alive.

We are seven points from safety with two games to play, as we suffer successive relegations for the first time.

We will now play League One football for only the second time in our 142-year history. While the immediate focus is on concluding this campaign, attention will turn swiftly towards climbing the football pyramid once again.

Hull go in front

The last time we faced Hull, exactly six months ago, we were fourth in the Sky Bet Championship table. That reverse in East Yorkshire, though, came amid a five-game winless run.

After half chances for Daka, who looped onto the roof of the net, and Divine Mukasa, raking wide from distance, Hull took the lead.

In the 18th minute, goalkeeper Asmir Begovic’s attempted pass to Jamaal Lascelles came to Millar, who curled into the corner. Knowing only a win would do, it was a tough start for Gary Rowett’s home side.

Hitting back

We are in fact the second highest scorers in the bottom half of the Championship with 56 goals, but conceding 67 has come with a cost. With five clean sheets all term, we have often been required to score several goals in games to seal results.

With two goals needed for victory, City were struggling to break through. When Thomas crossed low and fast for Daka in the six-yard box, the Zambian galloped in to make contact, but couldn’t divert it goalwards before the break. Eight minutes into the second half, Mukasa’s corner was short of Abdul Fatawu but, before our No.7 could get there, he was adjudged to have been nudged to the ground by Lewis Koumas.

It was a way back into the contest and up stepped James to dispatch his 11th goal of the campaign, drilling it low and hard into Ivor Pandur’s bottom right corner.

Chances, but no winner

There was Leicester pressure late on. Just two minutes after the equaliser, a quick-fire move ended with Bobby De Cordova-Reid planting a cross onto Thomas’ left boot, the Academy graduate side-footed it, placing it into the net. The Blue Army rose to their feet, knowing a win would at least keep the battle for survival going for another day.

Less than 10 minutes later, though, McBurnie’s hit from the edge of our 18-yard box restored parity on the night and changed the equation again. We needed a goal which ultimately didn’t come. That was despite a host of chances. Substitute Aaron Ramsey, returning from injury for his first appearance since December, fired straight at Pandur. Daka acrobatically hit the post, launching himself onto Mukasa’s deep cross. Ramsey then sent another threatening delivery, from Stephy Mavididi, over the crossbar.

When Pandur fouled Daka just outside the area, the hosts wanted a red but only got a yellow. Harry Winks, a second-half substitute, then sent another Leicester effort low and wide, while Thomas was denied by a brave Semi Ajayi block in added time. Begovic needed to stop John Egan stealing all three points even later into the seven added minutes, but a draw wasn’t enough for Leicester on Filbert Way.

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