Everton had won all three of their WSL games against Leicester before Sunday
Leicester City are now just a point off Women's Super League safety after they held Everton to a goalless draw at King Power Stadium.
Everton had the match's best effort when Aggie Beever-Jones was kept out brilliantly by Leicester keeper Janina Leitzig in the 89th minute with Izzy Christiansen knocking the rebound wide.
Earlier Leitzig denied Katja Snoeijs on the hour mark.
Leicester stayed 12th, 13 points off Everton in sixth.
Having lost 15 of their 16 league games between March and December last year, Leicester came into this fixture having won two of their past four and knowing victory over Everton would take them out of the WSL drop zone.
Both sides were tentative in their approach, with the first shot on target coming through Snoeijs in the 60th minute, the forward kept out by the left boot of Leitzig.
And Leitzig was needed again in the final stages to deny Beever-Jones with her feet from close range.
The Toffees have now failed to score in each of their past three matches for the first time since January 2019.
Leicester's best opportunity came in the 85th minute but Missy Goodwin's shot was scuffed off target after a great cross from Carrie Jones.
Everton won the reverse fixture 1-0 thanks to Kirstie Levell's 94th-minute own goal, but there was to be no stoppage-time drama in the East Midlands.
The Foxes are now a point behind 11th-placed Brighton, who lost to Manchester City earlier on Sunday.
Everton play rivals Liverpool in their next match on March 24 (19:30 GMT), while Leicester face Tottenham away on Wednesday (19:00).
