Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Leicester City: Jordan Ayew salvages point for Foxes

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Leicester City remain in the Championship relegation zone

Relegation-threatened Leicester City scored late to rescue a draw at Sheffield Wednesday but remain a point away from Championship safety.

The spirited Owls, already down and still on minus points, looked like they were on their way to a first win in 35 games thanks to an early goal from Jerry Yates.

But substitute Jordan Ayew produced a moment of quality to beat Wednesday goalkeeper Pierce Charles and draw his side level with six minutes to go.

Draws for Oxford, Portsmouth, West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn mean Leicester do not lose any ground on their relegation rivals, with five games left for the 2015-16 Premier League champions to avoid dropping into the third tier.

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3 M. Lowe

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6 D. Iorfa

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8 S. Ingelsson

14 N. Chalobah

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9 J. Lowe

24 J. Heskey

12 J. Yates

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	40	25	8	7	84	42	42	83	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
3 Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
4 Middlesbrough	40	20	11	9	60	39	21	71	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
5 Hull City	40	20	7	13	63	58	5	67	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
6 Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
7 Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
8 Derby County	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
10 Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
11 Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
12 Queens Park Rangers	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
13 Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
14 Preston North End	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
15 Birmingham City	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Swansea City	40	15	8	17	47	52	-5	53	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
17 Sheffield United	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
18 Charlton Athletic	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
19 Blackburn Rovers	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
20 West Bromwich Albion	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
21 Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
22 Leicester City	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
23 Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24 Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

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Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

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Manager:Henrik Pedersen

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Manager:Henrik Pedersen

Formation:3 - 4 - 2 - 1

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Having won seven of their 10 league games against Leicester between 2006 and 2013 (L3), Sheffield Wednesday are now winless in four against the Foxes (D1 L3).
Following their 2-1 win in August, Leicester are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since 1970-71.
Sheffield Wednesday are winless in their last 21 home league games (D6 L15), the longest run without a home win in English Football League history.
Leicester are winless in their last 10 away league games (D6 L4). Each of their last four has finished level, with the Foxes last drawing five consecutively on the road between February and April 2005.
Sheffield Wednesday have won six of their last seven league games played on Easter Monday (L1), while Leicester have won five of their last six on this day (L1).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 9
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Leicester City 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 9
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Leicester City 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Pierce Charles.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday). Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Svante Ingelsson (Sheffield Wednesday).
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Attempt saved. Dujuan Richards (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday). Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt saved. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday). Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
Substitutionat 89 minutes
Substitution, Leicester City. Dujuan Richards replaces Patson Daka.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt missed. Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Postat 87 minutes
Offside, Leicester City. Patson Daka is caught offside.
Goal!at 84 minutes
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Leicester City 1. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patson Daka with a headed pass following a fast break.
Substitutionat 80 minutes
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Charlie McNeill replaces Jerry Yates.
Substitutionat 80 minutes
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Jarvis Thornton replaces Jamal Lowe.
Substitutionat 79 minutes
Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
Postat 79 minutes
Luke Thomas (Leicester City) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Jordan Ayew with a cross following a corner.
Postat 78 minutes
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dominic Iorfa.

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